Reviewer, editor, pagecreator
62,153
edits
m
creating language page
No edit summary |
m (creating language page) |
||
| Line 6: | Line 6: | ||
| link5=[[Saba Languages|Languages]] | | link5=[[Saba Languages|Languages]] | ||
}} | }} | ||
==Description== | |||
The official languages on Saba are: | |||
* '''English''' - the principal language spoken and the sole medium of instruction in schools. | |||
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_language '''Dutch'''] - spoken by 32% of the population. | |||
Saban English, a form of Virgin Islands Creole English, is a local vernacular. It is a decreolized variety. | |||
==Word List(s)== | |||
* [[Dutch Genealogical Word List]] | |||
* [https://www.omniglot.com/language/phrases/dutch.php Useful Dutch phrases] - Omniglot | |||
* [https://www.omniglot.com/language/kinship/dutch.htm Family words in Dutch] - Omniglot | |||
==Alphabet and Pronunciation== | |||
'''Alphabet''' | |||
* [https://omniglot.com/writing/dutch.htm#:~:text=Dutch%20alphabet Dutch alphabet] - Omniglot | |||
'''Pronunciation''' | |||
* [https://omniglot.com/writing/dutch.htm#:~:text=Dutch%20pronunciation Dutch pronunciation] - Omniglot | |||
==Language Aids and Dictionaries== | |||
'''Dictionaries''' | |||
* Theodore R Johnson, Carolyn Myrick & Stacey Simmons, '''''A lee chip : a dictionary & study of Saban English''''', NC State University, 2016 - [https://www.worldcat.org/title/lee-chip-a-dictionary-study-of-saban-english/oclc/956923449&referer=brief_results Available at WorldCat] | |||
* Gerdi Quist & Dennis Strik, '''''Essential Dutch dictionary : Dutch-English/English-Dutch dictionary''''', London : Hodder Education, 2010 - [https://www.worldcat.org/title/essential-dutch-dictionary-dutch-englishenglish-dutch-dictionary/oclc/811402778&referer=brief_results Available at WorldCat] | |||
* Fernand Gabriel Renier, '''''Dutch dictionary : Dutch-English English-Dutch''''', London : Routledge, 1997 - [https://www.worldcat.org/title/dutch-dictionary-dutch-english-english-dutch/oclc/263537560&referer=brief_results Available at WorldCat] | |||
'''Online Dictionaries''' | |||
* [https://glosbe.com/nl/en Dictionary Dutch - English] - Glosbe | |||
'''Language Aids''' | |||
* Henry R Stern, '''''Essential Dutch Grammar''''', Dover Publications, 2012 - [https://www.worldcat.org/title/essential-dutch-grammar/oclc/868275155&referer=brief_results Available at WorldCat] | |||
* Gerdi Quist & Dennis Strik, '''''Beginner's Dutch grammar''''', London : Hodder Headline, 2002 - [https://www.worldcat.org/title/beginners-dutch-grammar/oclc/223423428&referer=brief_results Available at WorldCat] | |||
==Additional Resources== | |||
== References == | |||
{{reflist}} | |||
Despite the island's Dutch affiliation, English is the principal language spoken on the island and has been used in its school system since 1986. | Despite the island's Dutch affiliation, English is the principal language spoken on the island and has been used in its school system since 1986. | ||
[[Category:Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba]] | [[Category:Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba]] | ||