Cayman Islands English is an English variety spoken in the
Cayman Islands
The Cayman Islands () is a self-governing British Overseas Territory—the largest by population in the western Caribbean Sea. The territory comprises the three islands of Grand Cayman, Cayman Brac and Little Cayman, which are located to the ...
. While not much has been written on Cayman Islands English, according to one text, it "seems to have borrowed
creole features similar to Jamaica and Central America without having undergone creolization". It is similar to
Bay Islands English
Bay Islands English is an English variety spoken on the Bay Islands Department (Guanaja, Roatán, Utila), Honduras. Ethnologue reported that there were 22,500 native speakers in 2001. Mainlanders know this language as ''Caracol'', which literally ...
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Languages of the Cayman Islands
Caymanian culture
Languages of the Caribbean
English-based pidgins and creoles
Languages of the United Kingdom
Languages of the African diaspora
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