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==Description== | ==Description== | ||
The official language of the Cayman Islands is '''English''' (90%). | 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'''. | *Islanders' accents retain elements passed down from English, Scottish, and Welsh settlers (among others) in a language variety known as '''Cayman Creole'''. Cayman Creole is not a language of its own, but considered a variety of English. <ref>Wikipedia contributors, "Cayman Creole," in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'', https://en-academic.com/dic.nsf/enwiki/992776#:~:text=Cayman%20Creole-,Cayman%20Creole,Creole%20does%20not%20have%20the%20status%20of%20an%20official%20language.,-ee%20also, accessed 3 September 2021.</ref> | ||
*Caymanians of Jamaican origin speak in their own vernacular- '''Jamaican Creole and Jamaican English'''. | *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. | *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. | ||
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'''Tagalog''' | '''Tagalog''' | ||
*[https://omniglot.com/language/phrases/tagalog.php Useful Tagalog phrases (Omniglot)] | *[https://omniglot.com/language/phrases/tagalog.php Useful Tagalog phrases (Omniglot)] | ||
*[https://www.101languages.net/tagalog/tagalog-word-list/ Tagalog Word List (Tagalog 101)] | |||
==Alphabet and Pronunciation== | ==Alphabet and Pronunciation== | ||