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Caribbean English

Helping orphans the way you would do it
 Major English dialects:
American English
Australian English
British English
Canadian English
Caribbean English
Hiberno-English
Indian English
Jamaican English
Liberian English
Malaysian English
New Zealand English
Singapore English
South African English

Caribbean English refers to the different forms of the English language spoken in the Caribbean. In the Caribbean, there is a great deal of variation in the way English is spoken.

Examples of the English in daily use in the Caribbean includes a reduced set of pronouns, typically, Me, We, He, She, And They (pronounced Day).

A simple statement, "I don't know" would be stated, "Me 'na know".

Caribbean countries where English is an official language or where English-based creoles are widespread include Belize, the Cayman Islands, Jamaica, Bahamas, the Turks & Caicos Islands, both the British Virgin Islands and US Virgin Islands, Anguilla, St. Kitts, Nevis, Montserrat, Antigua, Dominica, St. Lucia, Barbados, St. Vincent, Grenada, Trinidad & Tobago and Guyana. American English is used as a second language in Puerto Rico.

See also

Jamaican English


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