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South Antiguan Creole

Creole spoken in southern Antigua From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

South Antiguan Creole
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South Antiguan Creole is a variety of Antiguan and Barbudan Creole spoken primarily in the southwestern regions of Antigua. It is only semi-intelligible with the rest of the language, and the dialect is mainly spoken by older generations. Its usage is generally looked down upon by speakers of the more dominant North Antiguan Creole. There is less influence from English and other creoles.[2][3][4] Its distinctive pronouns are "om" and "i" for the third person singular, as well as the absence of the pronoun "hi".[5][6]

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Promonial system

South Antiguan Creole has a distinct pronominal system from North Antiguan:[5]

  • Me - I, me
  • Aawi - we, us, our
  • Yu - you
  • Aayu - you all
  • I - he, she
  • Om - him, her
  • Dem - they, them

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