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==Description== | ==Description== | ||
'''English is the official language of Dominica''' and is universally spoken and understood. | |||
In addition, '''Dominican Creole''', an Antillean Creole based on French, is widely spoken. This is due to French migration to the island starting in 1690. A majority French Creole speaking population reside on the island. | |||
Along with Creole, a dialect known as '''Kokoy (or Cockoy)''' is spoken. It is a type of pidgin English which is a mix of Leeward Island English Creole and Dominican Creole, and is mainly spoken in the north-eastern villages of Marigot and Wesley. <ref>Wikipedia contributors, "Dominica," in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'', https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominica#Languages, accessed 22 March 2021.</ref> | |||
==Word List(s)== | ==Word List(s)== | ||