Turks and Caicos Islands Creole is an English-based creole

English-based creole languages

An English-based creole language is a creole language that was significantly influenced by the English language...

 spoken in the Turks and Caicos Islands, a British Overseas Territory in the West Indies southeast of the Bahamas.

Turks and Caicos Islands Creole is similar to other Caribbean English creoles and is almost identical to Bahamian Creole

Bahamian Creole

Bahamian is an English-based creole language spoken by approximately 400,000 people in the Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos Islands.Bahamian is spoken by both white and black Bahamians, although in slightly different forms. Bahamian also tends to be more prevalent in certain areas of the Bahamas...

. These languages draw on African grammar while using a largely English vocabulary. The number of speakers of Turks and Caicos Islands Creole is around 10,000. Turks and Caicos Islands Creole does not have the status of an official language.

See also

• Bermudian English
  Bermudian English
  Bermudian English is a regional accent of English found in Bermuda, a British overseas territory in the North Atlantic. "Standard English is used in professional settings and in writing, while vernacular Bermudian English is spoken on more casual occasions"...
  
  
• Nigerian Pidgin English
• Krio
  Krio language
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