Bajan

A language of Barbados

ISO 639: bjs
Alternate Names: Barbadian Creole English
Population: 257,000 (2018).
Location:: Widespread.
Language Status: 6a* (Vigorous). De facto language of national identity.
Classification: Creole, English based, Atlantic, Eastern, Southern
Dialects: None known. Less than 20 lexical items traceable to African origin. Shares lexical features with Caribbean creoles.
Other Comments: Bajan functions in a continuum with Caribbean Standard English, which is in the process of decreolization. Children learn the current form of Bajan, but it is increasingly becoming more like English (2019 K. Decker). Christian.

Location: Widespread.