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Sub-Categories in English Based

Aboriginal English (10)
Bislama (9)
Cameroon Pidgin English (1)
Gullah (3)
Hawaiian Pidgin (17)
Hobson-Jobson (3)
Jamaican Creole (11)
Manglish (4)

Nigerian Pidgin (5)
North American Black English (12)
Pitcairnese and Norfolkese (5)
Sierra Leone Krio (4)
Singlish (10)
Solomon Islands Pijin (2)
Sranan (3)
Tok Pisin (32)

Web Sites in Category English Based

Electronic Text Center: Liberian Letters - A collection of letters written by African-American settlers in 19th century Liberia.

English in the West Indies - An essay on the history of English varieties (present linguistic situation, creole characteristics, lexis), phonology and grammar.

english or English? Attitudes, Local Varieties and English Language Teaching - This article discusses the issues surrounding the phenomenon of local varieties of English, those developments which take place where forms of the ex-colonial language have evolved and developed in their own right independently of their metropolitan sources.

Ghanaian Pidgin English - A demonstration version of a CD-ROM. A grammar introduction and samples of Ghanaian Pidgin are included in the demonstration.

Guyanese Proverbs - Many proverbs in Guyanese Creole and English.

Irish Travelers - Includes information on Shelta, the language of the Irish Travelers.

Is "Pidgin English" Just a Makeshift? A Sophisticated Bridge Between Languages - A discussion of pidgin English.

Language Lessons for Visitors - Anguilla Local News Index - Six brief "lessons" in the form of word definitions.

Leeward Caribbean Creole English: A Language of Antigua and Barbuda - Summary of the linguistic situation of Leeward Caribbean Creole English.

Montserrat Creole - an Irish brogue? - An analysis of the alleged Irish influence on Montserrat Creole.

Shelta Vocabulary - The Shelta vocabulary from "The Secret Languages of Ireland" by R. A. S. Macalister, 1931.

Taglish - Brief encyclopedia article on Enlish spoken in the Philippines, including Taglish and Konyo English.

The Corpus of Written British Creole: A User's Guide - A description of written Caribbean English creoles.

Trini Talk: A Dialect Poem by Miguel Browne - A poem in Trinidadian English.

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Regional > Caribbean > Montserrat
Regional > Caribbean > Trinidad and Tobago
Regional > Caribbean > US Virgin Islands
Regional > Central America > Belize
Regional > North America > Bermuda
Regional > Oceania > Nauru
Regional > Oceania > New Caledonia
Regional > South America > Guyana
Science > Social Sciences > Linguistics > Languages > Natural > Indo-European > Germanic > English

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