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| Turks and Caicos Creole | |
|---|---|
| Turks and Caicos Patwah | |
| Native to | Turks and Caicos Islands |
Native speakers | 49,309 (2023)[1] |
English Creole
| |
| Official status | |
| Regulated by | not regulated |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | tch |
| Glottolog | turk1310 |
| Linguasphere | 52-ABB-ao |
Turks and Caicos Creole, or Turks and Caicos Patwah, is an English-based creole spoken in the Turks and Caicos Islands; a West Indian British overseas territory in the Lucayan Archipelago.
The Turks and Caicos Island Creole variety has not been thoroughly studied, but is a dialect of Jamaican Patwah which shares many of the same words such as Aks (Ask), Dis (This), Gyal (Girl), and Mosi (Must be);[2] which is due to the fact that the Turks and Caicos Islands were formally a part of Jamaica for over 114 years (1848 - 1962), and shares a common history and culture with Jamaica.[3][4][5] Turks and Caicos Patwah has also been significantly influenced by Bermudian Creole English, as the islands were initially settled by Bermudian salt-rakers following the Taíno genocide and British colonization, and were a de facto part of Bermuda for over 126 years (1673 - 1799).[6][7] The language is also reportedly mutually intelligible with Bahamian Creole and as of (2023) the number of speakers of Turks and Caicos Patwah is approximately 49,309.[8][9]
- ^ Turks and Caicos Creole at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Cassidy, F. G., Le Page, R. B. (2007). Dictionary of Jamaican English. (Second ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 253, 305.
- ^ Lucas, C. P. (1905). ″A Historical Geogaphy of the British Colonies.″ Vol. 2. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 134.
- ^ Cawley, Charles (2015). ″Colonies in Conflict: The History of the British Overseas Territories.″ Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars Publishing. pp. 323 - 326.
- ^ Keegan, William F., Hofman, Corinne L. (2017). ″The Caribbean before Columbus.″ Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp. 151 - 195.
- ^ "Gold Bermudians - The Unheard Voice of Mary Prince". In Her Words - The Unheard Voice of Mary Prince. Dr. Dana Selassie. 2024. Retrieved 2024-08-07.
- ^ Cawley, Charles (2015). ″Colonies in Conflict: The History of the British Overseas Territories.″ Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars Publishing. pp. 315 - 320.
- ^ "Statistics Department | Government of the Turks and Caicos Islands". www.gov.tc. Archived from the original on 27 February 2019. Retrieved 2024-03-05.
- ^ Ethnologue report for Turks and Caicos Creole English
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