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词条 Turks and Caicos Creole
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Turks and Caicos Creole is an English-based creole spoken in the Turks and Caicos Islands, a West Indian British overseas territory in the Bahama Archipelago.

The Turks and Caicos Island Creole variety has been not been studied and may be directly related to Bahamian Creole. As of 1995, the number of speakers of Turks and Caicos Islands Creole is around 10,700,[1] although decreasing and endangered. It seems to be shifting to a variety form of Caribbean English. Turks and Caicos Islands Creole does not have an official status.

Phrases{{cn|date=February 2017}}
Word/Phrase Meaning
switcha/switcherLemonade/limeade (combination of sugar water and lime/lemon juice)
gal/gyal Girl
chile/chilen child/children
chile Used to represent emphasis on a sentence (well chile he een tell me nuttin bout that)
eenaren't (They een goin today)or isn't(That een right)or don't(I een no nuttin bout that)
velwell (usually the'W'and'V' are exchanged with each other) e.g. vednesday:Wednesday weil:veil
axeask
mussemust be
scorch scratch
jumbeespirit or ghost

References

1. ^Ethnologue report for Turks and Caicos Creole English
  • {{cite journal|last=Cutler|first=Cecilia|title=English in the Turks and Caicos Islands: A look at Grand Turk|journal=Contact Englishes of the Eastern Caribbean (Varieties of English Around the World) G30, edited by Michael Aceto, Jeffrey Payne Williams|publisher=John Benjamins Publishing Company|year=2003|url=https://books.google.com/?id=L42oT48bPCEC&pg=PA51&dq=%22Turks+and+Caicos%22+English&q=%22Turks%20and%20Caicos%22%20English|isbn=9789027248909}}

See also

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  • Bahamian Creole
{{Anglophone Caribbean Creoles}}{{pidgincreole-lang-stub}}{{TurksCaicos-stub}}

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