Turks and Caicos Creole is an English-based creole spoken in the Turks and Caicos Islands, a West Indian

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in the Lucayan Archipelago. The Turks and Caicos Island Creole variety has not been thoroughly studied but may be directly related to Bahamian Creole as one of its dialects as the two are reportedly highly

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. As of 1995, the number of speakers of Turks and Caicos Islands Creole is around 10,700,

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Turks and Caicos Creole English
/ref> 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.

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* Turks and Caicos Islands culture Languages of the Turks and Caicos Islands English-based pidgins and creoles Languages of the Caribbean Languages of the United Kingdom Endangered pidgins and creoles Languages of the African diaspora {{TurksCaicos-stub