Montserrat Creole

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Montserrat Creole
Native to	Montserrat
Native speakers	7,600 in Montserrat (2001)^[1] many left after the eruption of Soufriere in 1995
Language family	English Creole Atlantic Eastern Southern Northern Antilles Leeward Caribbean Creole English Montserrat Creole
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–

Montserrat Creole is a dialect of Leeward Caribbean Creole English 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.

References

↑ Montserrat Creole reference at Ethnologue (16th ed., 2009)

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Montserrat Creole

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