Barbados
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American Sign Language
[ase] Scattered. Users: 290 in Barbados (2011 J. Parks and L. Parks). Approximately 0.1% of the total population. Status: 6a* (Vigorous). Alternate Names: ASL. Classification: Sign language, Deaf community sign language.
Bajan
[bjs] Widespread. Users: 257,000 (2018). Status: 6a* (Vigorous). De facto language of national identity. Alternate Names: Barbadian Creole English. Classification: Creole, English based, Atlantic, Eastern, Southern.
English
[eng] Users: 42,000 in Barbados, all users. L1 users: 29,000 in Barbados (2018). L2 users: 13,000 (Crystal 2003a). Status: 1 (National). De facto national language. Classification: Indo-European, Germanic, West, English.