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| Bay Islands English | |
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| caracol | |
| Region | Bay Islands Department (Honduras) |
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| ISO 639-3 | – |
| IETF | en-u-sd-hnib |
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Bay Islands English is an English variety spoken on the Bay Islands Department (Guanaja, Roatán, Utila), Honduras. Ethnologue reported that there were 22,500 native speakers in 2001.[1] Mainlanders know this language as Caracol, which literally means "conch". Genealogically this variety descends from Cayman Islands English.[2]
- ^ Lewis, M. Paul; Simmons, Gary F.; Fennig, Charles D. (2013). Ethnologue: Languages of Honduras (PDF). Dallas, Texas: SIL International. p. 10.
- ^ Warantz 1983, p. 71.