Guadeloupe
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French
[fra] Users: 377,400 in Guadeloupe, all users. L1 users: 6,400 in Guadeloupe (2019). L2 users: 371,000 (Beck et al 2018). Status: 1 (National). Statutory national language (1958, French Constitution, Article 2). Alternate Names: Français. Classification: Indo-European, Italic, Romance, Italo-Western, Western, Gallo-Iberian, Gallo-Romance, Gallo-Rhaetian, Oïl, French.
French Sign Language
[fsl] Scattered. Users: 2,000 in Guadeloupe (2021 DBS/DOOR/SIL). Estimated 1,200–2,400 deaf signers, assuming 0.3%–0.6% of the total population. Another estimate: 3,520 deaf, based on a reported 0.8% incidence of significant hearing loss (Parks and Williams 2011:24). Status: 5* (Developing). Classification: Sign language, Deaf community sign language.
Guadeloupean French Creole
[gcf] Marie Galante islands. Users: 430,000 in Guadeloupe (2001). Total users in all countries: 433,500. Status: 6a* (Vigorous). De facto language of national identity. Alternate Names: Guadeloupean Creole, Kreyol, Patois, Patwa. Classification: Creole, French based.
Haitian Creole
[hat] Users: 12,000 in Guadeloupe (2004). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Creole, French based.
Tamil
[tam] Users: 4,400 in Guadeloupe (2008 J. Leclerc). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Dravidian, Southern, Tamil-Kannada, Tamil-Kodagu, Tamil-Malayalam, Tamil.