Speakers

Print

Speakers

dusseaux.antoine_289191, Sun, 2022-12-25 09:54
Regarding: 
Population
State
Closed
ISO 639-3: 
gcf

According to the French gov (2013): https://www.culture.gouv.fr/Thematiques/Langue-francaise-et-langues-de-F...

  • Guadeloupean French Creole: 450 000 in Guadeloupe (gcf only)
  •  Metropolitan France: 1M (gcf + gcr + acf + rcf)
Editorial Action

No action taken.

Comments

dusseaux.antoine_289191, Sun, 2022-12-25 10:05

Given that the 2019 population is:
* Guadeloupe (excl. Saint-Martin & Saint-Barthélemy): 384k
* Saint-Martin: 32k
* Saint-Barthélemy: 10k

So we currently have more gcf speakers in Guadeloupe than inhabitants...

Chuck Fennig, Wed, 2023-01-11 09:44

Dear Antoine,

Thank you for this information on Guadeloupean French Creole [gcf].

According to the 20th edition of the Ethnologue, the population of Guadeloupe was 469,000 in 2015 (https://www.ethnologue.com/20/country/GP/). In the 23rd edition, it was down to 450,000 in 2017 (http://www.ethnologue.com/23/country/GP/). So, the country population has been decreasing. In the current edition it is 400,000, and it will remain the same in the coming edition (26th).

We will probably leave the [gcf] population in Guadeloupe at 375,000, down from 430,000 in both the 20th and 23rd editions.

Best wishes,

Chuck Fennig
Managing Editor, Ethnologue

Add new comment

View the Discussion