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Saba

Languages

Description

The official languages on Saba are:

• English - the principal language spoken and the sole medium of instruction in schools.
• 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
• Useful Dutch phrases - Omniglot
• Family words in Dutch - Omniglot
• 1000 most common words in Dutch - LearnDutch

Alphabet and Pronunciation

Alphabet

• Dutch alphabet - Omniglot

Pronunciation

• Dutch pronunciation - Omniglot
• Dutch pronunciation dictionary - Forvo

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 - Available at WorldCat
• Gerdi Quist & Dennis Strik, Essential Dutch dictionary : Dutch-English/English-Dutch dictionary, London : Hodder Education, 2010 - Available at WorldCat
• Fernand Gabriel Renier, Dutch dictionary : Dutch-English English-Dutch, London : Routledge, 1997 - Available at WorldCat

Online Dictionaries

• Dictionary Dutch - English - Glosbe

Language Aids

• Henry R Stern, Essential Dutch Grammar, Dover Publications, 2012 - Available at WorldCat
• Gerdi Quist & Dennis Strik, Beginner's Dutch grammar, London : Hodder Headline, 2002 - Available at WorldCat

References

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.