Montserrat Creole

Montserrat Creole is a variety of Antiguan and Barbudan Creole^[2] spoken in Montserrat. The number of speakers of Montserrat Creole is below 10,000. Montserrat Creole does not have the status of an official language.

NativetoMontserrat

Native speakers

(7,600 in Montserrat cited 2001)^[1]
many left after the eruption of Soufriere in 1995

Language family

English Creole

• Atlantic
  • Eastern Caribbean
    • Gullah–Nevis–Antigua
      • Antiguan and Barbudan Creole
        • Montserrat Creole

ISO 639-3–

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Montserrat Creole
Native to	Montserrat
Native speakers	(7,600 in Montserrat cited 2001)[1] many left after the eruption of Soufriere in 1995
Language family	English Creole Atlantic Eastern Caribbean Gullah–Nevis–Antigua Antiguan and Barbudan Creole Montserrat Creole
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–
Glottolog	None
IETF	aig-MS
regions where Montserrat Creole is the language of the majority
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A lot of similarities can be found with Jamaican Creole.^[3][4]