Guadeloupean French Creole

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A language of Guadeloupe

ISO 639-3
gcf
Alternate Names
Guadeloupean Creole, Kreyol, Patois, Patwa
User Population

430,000 in Guadeloupe (2001). Total users in all countries: 433,500.

Location

Marie Galante islands.

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Language Status

6a* (Vigorous). De facto language of national identity.

Classification
Creole, French based
Dialects

Marie Galante French Creole, Saint Barth French Creole. All French creoles of the Caribbean are somewhat mutually inherently intelligible (Goodman 1964). Comprehension of Saint Lucia Creole [acf] is 89%.

Language Development

Dictionary. Grammar. Texts.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Guadeloupean French Creole
Writing

Unwritten [Qaax].

Other Comments

There is a continuum of variation from basilectal Creole to acrolectal French of the educated.

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