Grenada
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American Sign Language
[ase] Scattered. Users: 340 in Grenada (2021 DBS/DOOR/SIL). Estimated 225–450 deaf signers, approximately 0.2%–0.4% of the total population. Status: 6a* (Vigorous). Alternate Names: ASL. Classification: Sign language, Deaf community sign language.
English
[eng] Users: 5,650 in Grenada (2020). Status: 1 (National). De facto national language. Classification: Indo-European, Germanic, West, English.
Grenadian English Creole
[gcl] Widespread. Users: 107,000 (2020). Status: 6a (Vigorous). De facto language of national identity. Classification: Creole, English based, Atlantic, Eastern, Southern.
Lesser Antillean French Creole
[acf] Carriacou department: Carriacou island; Grenada island: northeast St. Andrew, St. Mark north of Victoria, and St. Patrick parishes. Scattered, mainly rural. Users: 3 in Grenada (Ferreira and Holbrook 2001), decreasing. Status: 8b (Nearly extinct). Alternate Names: Créole, French Creole, French-lexicon Creole, French-lexified Creole, Kwéyòl, Patois, Patwa. Classification: Creole, French based.