Limonese Creole
Limonese Creole is an Indo-European language spoken in Costa Rica. Glottolog rates it shifting.
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Limonese Creole (also called Limonese, Limón Creole English or Mekatelyu) is a dialect of Jamaican Patois (Jamaican Creole), an English-based creole language, spoken in Limón Province on the Caribbean Sea coast of Costa Rica. The number of native speakers is unknown, but 1986 estimates suggests that there are fewer than 60,000 native and second language speakers combined.
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- Bahamas Creole EnglishIndo-European95% alike
- Nicaragua Creole EnglishIndo-European93% alike
- Berbice Creole DutchIndo-European93% alike
- Jamaican Creole EnglishIndo-European91% alike
- San Andres Creole EnglishIndo-European90% alike
- Belize Kriol EnglishIndo-European88% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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