Bahamas Creole English

Bahamian Creole (BahC), also known as Bahamian dialect, Bahamian Creole English (BCE), or simply Bahamian, is an English-based creole language spoken in the Bahamas.

"Bahamian dialect", as it is commonly called in the Bahamas, suffers from limited research, possibly because it has long been assumed that it is simply a variety of English. One study, however, identified four distinct Bahamian varieties along a creole continuum ranging from more to less prestigious: acrolectal, upper-mesolectal, mid-mesolectal, and basilectal. The mid-mesolectal and basilectal varieties are referred to locally as Bahamian dialect. The basilectal variety is a creole.

Islands that were settled earlier, or that have a historically large Black Bahamian population, have a greater concentration of individuals exhibiting creole (or basilectal) speech, while other varieties are more common in Nassau.

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