GD
Grenada
Summary
- Official Name
- Population
- 113,000
- Principal Languages
- English
- Literacy Rate
- 99% (2014 UNESCO)
- International Conventions
- CPPDCE (2006), CSICH (2012), ICCPR (1966), UNCRPD (2006)
- Deaf Population
- 200
- Language Counts
- The number of established languages listed for Grenada is 5. Of these, 4 are living and 1 is extinct. Of the living languages, 2 are indigenous and 2 are non-indigenous. Furthermore, 1 is institutional, 2 are vigorous, and 1 is dying.
Languages
- 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
- Island Carib crb
- Widespread, extending to all the Windward Islands. Users: No known L1 speakers in Grenada. Status: 10 (Extinct). Alternate Names: Igneri, Inyeri, Iñeri, Kalinago Classification: Maipurean, Northern, Maritime, Ta-Maipurean, Iñeri
- 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
Languages by Status
English
[eng] 1 (National). De facto national language. 5,650 in Grenada (2020).
American Sign Language
[ase] 6a* (Vigorous). 340 in Grenada (2021 DBS/DOOR/SIL). Estimated 225–450 deaf signers, approximately 0.2%–0.4% of the total population.
Grenadian English Creole
[gcl] 6a (Vigorous). De facto language of national identity. 107,000 (2020).
Lesser Antillean French Creole
[acf] 8b (Nearly extinct). 3 in Grenada (Ferreira and Holbrook 2001), decreasing.
Island Carib
[crb] 10 (Extinct). No known L1 speakers in Grenada.
Maps
Creole Languages of the Eastern Caribbean
Graphs
Language Vitality Profile
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Language Status Profile
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