Virgin Islands Dutch Creole
Virgin Islands Dutch Creole was an Indo-European language once spoken in U.S. Virgin Islands.
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Negerhollands (lit. 'Negro-Dutch'), also known as Virgin Islands Creole Dutch, was a Dutch-based creole language that was spoken in the Danish West Indies, now known as the U.S. Virgin Islands. Dutch was its superstrate language with Danish, English, French, Spanish, and African elements incorporated. Notwithstanding its name, Negerhollands drew primarily from the Zeelandic and probably also from the closely related West Flemish, rather than the Hollandic, dialects of Dutch.
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Words in Virgin Islands Dutch Creole
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | fol3k* | |
| name | nam* | |
| eye | hogo* | |
| ear | ho* | |
| nose | nas* | |
| tooth | tan* | |
| tongue | toN* | |
| hand | han* | |
| blood | blut* | |
| bone | ben* | |
| skin | lif* | |
| knee | kini* | |
| breast | bos* | |
| water | watu | |
| fire | fi* | |
| sun | son* | |
| star | stEre* | |
| stone | sten* | |
| mountain | bErgi* | |
| tree | bom* | |
| leaf | bla* | |
| night | duNku* | |
| dog | hun* | |
| fish | fEs* | |
| louse | lus* | |
| one | en* | |
| two | twe* | |
| I | mi* | |
| you | yu* | |
| we | ons* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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Vocabulary
- AfrikaansIndo-European53% alike
- Eastern FrisianIndo-European49% alike
- WestphalicIndo-European47% alike
- Low GermanIndo-European46% alike
- West FlemishIndo-European45% alike
- ZeelandicIndo-European45% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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