Virgin Islands Creole

Virgin Islands Creole is a creole or pidgin, spoken in British Virgin Islands, United States Virgin Islands and Sint Maarten. Wikidata describes it as “English-based creole spoken in the Virgin Islands and the SSS islands”.

6a · VigorousLatn

Wikidata record Glottolog

At a glance

ISO 639-3: vic
Glottocode: virg1240
Family: unclassified
EGIDS: 6a Vigorous
Wikipedia: 8 language editions

—first-language speakers

—second-language speakers

3countries

1scripts

—levels in the tree

6aEGIDS level

Facts

Name	Virgin Islands Creole
Also called	Virgin Islands Creole English, Virgin Islands English Creole, Netherlands Antilles Creole English
Written in	Latin script
Kind	creole or pidgin

Vitality

EGIDS 6a Vigorous6a

Stable. Spoken by all generations at home, with or without schooling — EGIDS 5 and 6a.

Other languages at this level

where it is spoken

Countries

British Virgin Islands3 languages in the index United States Virgin Islands3 languages in the index Sint Maarten4 languages in the index

Also spoken in British Virgin Islands

engEnglishIndo-European · 1.13 bn0 · International dcrNegerhollandsIndo-European10 · Extinct