Rio Abajo Creole
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Rio Abajo Creole is a linguistic variety spoken in Rio Abajo
in Panama City
, the capital of Panama
. Rio Abajo Creole is no language of its own, but similar to varieties such as Limón Coastal Creole
. The number of speakers of Rio Abajo Creole is below 100,000. Rio Abajo Creole does not have the status of an official language.
Rio Abajo
Rio Abajo is a West Indian neighborhood in Panama City, capital of the Republic of Panama. The unique culture of this area of Panama stems mainly from the Creole-speaking Caribbean people who relocated to the area from Anglophone islands in the Antilles more than a century ago, namely Jamaica and...
in Panama City
Panama City
Panama is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Panama. It has a population of 880,691, with a total metro population of 1,272,672, and it is located at the Pacific entrance of the Panama Canal, in the province of the same name. The city is the political and administrative center of the...
, the capital of Panama
Panama
Panama , officially the Republic of Panama , is the southernmost country of Central America. Situated on the isthmus connecting North and South America, it is bordered by Costa Rica to the northwest, Colombia to the southeast, the Caribbean Sea to the north and the Pacific Ocean to the south. The...
. Rio Abajo Creole is no language of its own, but similar to varieties such as Limón Coastal Creole
Limón Coastal Creole
Limonese Creole is an English-based creole language spoken in Limón Province on the Caribbean Sea coast of Costa Rica. Limón Coastal Creole is similar to varieties such as Colón Creole, Mískito Coastal Creole, Belizean Kriol language, and San Andrés and Providencia Creole...
. The number of speakers of Rio Abajo Creole is below 100,000. Rio Abajo Creole does not have the status of an official language.