Saint Kitts and Nevis
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American Sign Language
[ase] Scattered. Users: 40 in Saint Kitts and Nevis (Parks and Williams 2011). Estimated 40–100 in 2011 (0.1%–0.2% of the total population), based in part on estimates dating back to 2004. Status: 5 (Developing). Alternate Names: ASL. Classification: Sign language, Deaf community sign language.
English
[eng] Users: 1,000 in Saint Kitts and Nevis (2019). Status: 1 (National). De facto national language. Classification: Indo-European, Germanic, West, English.
Leeward Caribbean English Creole
[aig] Widespread. Users: 51,000 in Saint Kitts and Nevis (2015). Status: 6a (Vigorous). Alternate Names: Broken English, Creole, Dialect, Kittitian Creole English, Patwa, Saint Kitts Creole English. Classification: Creole, English based, Atlantic, Eastern, Southern.