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Nicaraguan Creole English

Angela Bartens. 2013. "Nicaraguan Creole English." In The Survey of Pidgin and Creole Languages, edited by Susanne Maria Michaelis et al. 1: 115-126. Oxford University Press. Online: http://tinyurl.com/NicaraguanCreoleEnglish.

Speakers
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Second-language speakers and learners
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Semi-speakers or rememberers
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Ethnic or community population
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Year information was gathered
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Comments on speakers
"Creole English is used to an increasing degree in the churches (Decker & Keener 1998) and in bilingual education programs...virtually all reading is done in Spanish" (Bartens 2013:116).

Location and Context
Countries
Autonomous Regions of the Atlantic Coast, Nicaragua; Nicaragua; USA
Location Description

Speakers themselves identify at least the variants of Bluefields, the Corn Islands, Pearl Lagoon, Rama Cay, Orinoco, and Bilwi. There are also Creole speakers in Bonanza, La Rosita, Siuna, and some other smaller settlements as well as in Managua and on the Pacific coast of the country in general.

Government Support
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Institutional Support
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Speakers' Attitude
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Other Languages Used By The Community
Spanish; English; Western Kwa languages, especially Twi-Fante; Miskito; Rama; Arawakan
Number of Other Language Speakers:
None
Domains of Other Languages:
School (Spanish)

Writing Systems
Standard orthography:
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