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Languages of Belize, the Glossary

The major languages spoken in Belize include English, Spanish and Kriol, all three spoken by more than 40% of the population.^[1]

37 relations: American Sign Language, Belize, Belize District, Belizean Creole, Belizean Creole people, Belizean English, Belizean Spanish, Cayo District, Code-switching, Corozal District, Demographics of Belize, Endangered language, English language, Ethnic Chinese in Belize, Garifuna language, German language, Indigenous peoples, Lexifier, Luther Bible, Maya peoples, Mayan languages, Mennonites in Belize, Mestizo, Mopan language, Orange Walk District, Pennsylvania Dutch language, Plautdietsch, Post-creole continuum, Qʼeqchiʼ language, Spanglish, Spanish language, Standard German, Stann Creek District, Ta-Arawakan languages, Toledo District, Xunantunich, Yucatec Maya language.

American Sign Language

American Sign Language (ASL) is a natural language that serves as the predominant sign language of deaf communities in the United States and most of Anglophone Canada.

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Belize

Belize (Bileez) is a country on the north-eastern coast of Central America.

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Belize District

Belize District is a district of the nation of Belize.

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Belizean Creole

Belizean Creole (Belizean Creole: Belize Kriol, Kriol) is an English-based creole language spoken by the Belizean Creole people.

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Belizean Creole people

Belizean Creoles, also known as Kriols, are a Creole ethnic group native to Belize.

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Belizean English

Belizean English is the set of varieties of the English language spoken in Belize and by members of the Belizean diaspora.

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Belizean Spanish

Belizean Spanish (Spanish: español beliceño) is the dialect of Spanish spoken in Belize.

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Cayo District

Cayo District is located in the west part of Belize, and it contains the capital, Belmopan.

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Code-switching

In linguistics, code-switching or language alternation occurs when a speaker alternates between two or more languages, or language varieties, in the context of a single conversation or situation.

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Corozal District

Corozal District is the northernmost district of the nation of Belize.

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Demographics of Belize

Demographics of the population of Belize include population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects.

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Endangered language

An endangered language or moribund language is a language that is at risk of disappearing as its speakers die out or shift to speaking other languages.

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English language

English is a West Germanic language in the Indo-European language family, whose speakers, called Anglophones, originated in early medieval England on the island of Great Britain.

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The Chinese community in Belize consists of descendants of Han Chinese immigrants who were brought to British Honduras as indentured labourers as well as recent immigrants from Mainland China and Taiwan.

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Garifuna language

Garifuna (Karif) is a minority language widely spoken in villages of Garifuna people in the western part of the northern coast of Central America.

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German language

German (Standard High German: Deutsch) is a West Germanic language in the Indo-European language family, mainly spoken in Western and Central Europe. It is the most widely spoken and official or co-official language in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, and the Italian province of South Tyrol.

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Indigenous peoples

There is no generally accepted definition of Indigenous peoples, although in the 21st century the focus has been on self-identification, cultural difference from other groups in a state, a special relationship with their traditional territory, and an experience of subjugation and discrimination under a dominant cultural model.

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Lexifier

A lexifier is the language that provides the basis for the majority of a pidgin or creole language's vocabulary (lexicon).

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Luther Bible

The Luther Bible (Lutherbibel) is a German language Bible translation by the Protestant reformer Martin Luther.

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Maya peoples

The Maya are an ethnolinguistic group of indigenous peoples of Mesoamerica.

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Mayan languages

The Mayan languagesIn linguistics, it is conventional to use Mayan when referring to the languages, or an aspect of a language.

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Mennonites in Belize

Mennonites in Belize form different religious bodies and come from different ethnic backgrounds.

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Mestizo

Mestizo (fem. mestiza, literally 'mixed person') is a person of mixed European and Indigenous non-European ancestry in the former Spanish Empire.

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Mopan language

Mopan (or Mopan Maya) is a language that belongs to the Yucatecan branch of the Mayan languages.

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Orange Walk District

Orange Walk District is a district in the northwest of the nation of Belize, with its district capital in Orange Walk Town.

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Pennsylvania Dutch language

Pennsylvania Dutch (Deitsch, help or Pennsilfaanisch) or Pennsylvania German, is a variation of Palatine German spoken by the Pennsylvania Dutch, including the Amish, Mennonites, Fancy Dutch, and other related groups in the United States and Canada.

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Plautdietsch

Plautdietsch or Mennonite Low German is a Low Prussian dialect of East Low German with Dutch influence that developed in the 16th and 17th centuries in the Vistula delta area of Royal Prussia.

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Post-creole continuum

A post-creole continuum (or simply creole continuum) is a dialect continuum of varieties of a creole language between those most and least similar to the superstrate language (that is, a closely related language whose speakers assert or asserted dominance of some sort).

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Qʼeqchiʼ language

The Qʼeqchiʼ language, also spelled Kekchi, Kʼekchiʼ, or Kekchí, is one of the Mayan languages from the Quichean branch, spoken within Qʼeqchiʼ communities in Mexico, Guatemala and Belize.

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Spanglish

Spanglish (a portmanteau of the words "Spanish" and "English") is any language variety (such as a contact dialect, hybrid language, pidgin, or creole language) that results from conversationally combining Spanish and English.

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Spanish language

Spanish (español) or Castilian (castellano) is a Romance language of the Indo-European language family that evolved from the Vulgar Latin spoken on the Iberian Peninsula of Europe.

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Standard German

Standard High German (SHG), less precisely Standard German or High German (Standardhochdeutsch, Standarddeutsch, Hochdeutsch or, in Switzerland, Schriftdeutsch), is the umbrella term for the standardized varieties of the German language, which are used in formal contexts and for communication between different dialect areas.

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[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_Belize

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