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Central America and the Caribbean > Saint Lucia > Language

SAINT LUCIAN LANGUAGE STATS:   All Stats  
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English status
There is an emerging English vernacular on St. Lucia, in a certain rural area. It is significantly restructured, heavily French creole-influenced, English lexicon (Paul Garrett 1998). National language. Bible 1535-1989.
English-speaking population > First language 1,600 [45th of 62]
English-speaking population > Total 1,600 [86th of 99]
Languages
English (official), French patois
Languages of the African Union > Illiteracy > Literacy rate 90.1 [84th of 174]
Nobel Prize in Literature > Most awarded countries > % 0.98 [24th of 37]
Nobel Prize in Literature > Most awarded countries > Laureates 1 [24th of 37]

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SOURCES: Ethnologue; Wikipedia: List of countries by English-speaking population ; Wikipedia: List of countries by English-speaking population; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; Wikipedia: Languages of the African Union ; Wikipedia: Nobel Prize in Literature

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Saint Lucia, st lucia, St. Lucia

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