Islander English Creole

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Bende, San Andrés Creole

12,000 (1981 SIL).

San Andrés and Providencia Islands.

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6a* (Vigorous).

None known. Reportedly very similar to Belize English Creole [bzj].

Probably L1 of a majority of native islanders who are only about one-sixth of the population. Also use English [eng]. Also use Spanish [spa].

Literacy rate in L2: 90% in Spanish [spa], 80% in English [eng]. Grammar. Texts. NT: 2015.

Latin script [Latn].