Bay Islands Creole

Bay Islands Creole is an English based creole language spoken on the Bay Islands Department (Guanaja, Roatán, Utila), Honduras. 22,500 native speakers were reported in 2001.^[1] Mainlanders know this language as "Caracol", which literally means 'conch'.

References

Languages of Honduras
Official language	Spanish
Indigenous languages	Ch'orti Garifuna Lenca Miskito Pech Sumo Tolupan
Creole languages	Bay Islands Creole
Sign languages	Honduran Sign Language

Caribbean English-based creole languages
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