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==Description== | ==Description== | ||
The official language of the Cayman Islands is '''English''' (90%). | |||
*Islanders' accents retain elements passed down from English, Scottish, and Welsh settlers (among others) in a language variety known as '''Cayman Creole'''. | |||
*Caymanians of Jamaican origin speak in their own vernacular- '''Jamaican Creole and Jamaican English'''. | |||
*It is also quite commonplace to hear some residents converse in '''Spanish''' as many citizens have relocated from Latin America to work and live on Grand Cayman. Spanish speakers comprise approximately between 10 and 12% of the population and is predominantly of the Caribbean dialect. | |||
*'''Tagalog''' is spoken by about 5% of inhabitants most of whom are Filipino residents on work permits. <ref>Wikipedia contributors, "Cayman Islands," in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'', https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cayman_Islands#:~:text=The%20official%20language,work%20permits.%5B48%5D, accessed 3 September 2021.</ref> | |||
==Word List(s)== | ==Word List(s)== | ||