Antigua and Barbuda Languages

Description
English is the official language in Antiqua and Barbuda. Spanish is spoken by around 10,000 inhabitants.
 * The Barbudan accent is slightly different from the Antiguan.
 * In the years before Antigua and Barbuda's independence, Standard English was widely spoken in preference to Antiguan Creole.
 * Generally, the upper and middle classes shun Antiguan Creole.
 * The educational system dissuades the use of Antiguan Creole and instruction is done in Standard (British) English.
 * Many of the words used in the Antiguan dialect are derived from British as well as African languages.
 * Common island proverbs can often be traced to Africa.

Word List(s)
Antigua And Barbuda Creole English (Leeward Caribbean English Creole)
 * Leeward Caribbean English Creole (Wikipedia)
 * Leeward Caribbean English Creole Word List


 * pickney: child
 * pickanyegah: children
 * ahyue: collective address in the manner of "you all" or "y'all"
 * ah wah mek: why
 * smaddy: somebody
 * likkle: little
 * 'ooman: woman
 * nyam: eat
 * sudden/subben/leff dee 'ooman sudden/leff dee 'ooman subben: can refer to an object or thing/ leave her things alone
 * cassy/cassie: a thorn, such as from a rosebush
 * t'all: no, not me, not at all
 * ah wah dee/da joke yah tarl/ah wah me ah see ya tarl: what in the world is going on?
 * leh meh lone: leave me alone
 * ah good/tek dat/ah baay/inna ya battum ho'al: that's good for you/take that
 * tap lie: stop lying
 * tap ya chupitniss: stop being silly
 * ah true/choo: it's the truth
 * ahnna true/choo: it's not true
 * look yah: look here
 * look day: look there
 * kum ya: come here
 * a fu you: Is it yours?
 * move from dey: get away from there
 * ah wat a gwaan/ wa gwaan: what's going on?
 * luk day: look there!
 * a fu you ee fah?: is it yours?
 * dadday: that
 * day'ya: there
 * me nuh eeben know way dadday day: I don't know where it is.
 * gyal: girl
 * yaad: (my, her, his) house (She ah go day'ya she yaad; She's going home.)
 * min: used to indicate the past tense of a verb (example: me min nyam; I ate | Ya min cook; Did you cook? | She min day'ya sleep, She slept.)
 * dun: strictly used to tell that something has finished (E dun?; Is it finished? | Ya dun?; Are you finished?)
 * siddung: sit down
 * git up: get up
 * tun rung: turn around
 * tun um ahn: Switch it on (Example: Tun de light ahn; Switch on the lights)
 * tun um ahf: Switch it off
 * gwaan/gwaan head: go ahead
 * innaddy: in (de sudden innaddy bax; it's in the box)
 * cunchee: countryside (he libba cunchree; He lives in the countryside)
 * tung: town or city (usually referring to the country's capital; Example: Me ah go tung/Me a go'ah tung; In going into the city)
 * see you: see you later
 * bruk: to break, broke (E bruk?; Did it break? | Muh bruk; I'm broke | She bruk um/She min bruk um; She broke it)
 * muh nuh nuh: I don't know
 * muh nuh; muh dun nuh: I know; I already know, I knew that already

Spanish
 * Spanish Genealogical Word List
 * Useful Spanish phrases (Omniglot)

Alphabet and Pronunciation
Antigua And Barbuda Creole English (Leeward Caribbean English Creole)
 * Leeward Caribbean English Creole Pronunciation (Wikipedia)
 * Leeward Caribbean English Creole Pronunciation

Spanish
 * Spanish Alphabet and Pronunciation (Omniglot)
 * Spanish Alphabet and Pronunciation (Wikipedia)

Language Aids and Dictionaries
Antigua And Barbuda Creole English (Leeward Caribbean English Creole)
 * Leeward Caribbean English Creole: Antigua language (Global Recordings Network)

Spanish
 * Spanish Letter Writing Guide
 * Spanish Handwriting Clarified
 * Spanish to English Dictionary (Glosbe)
 * Spanish Records Extraction Manual
 * The Spanish Documents Script Tutorial
 * BYU Spanish Script Tutorial

Additional Resources

 * What Languages Are Spoken In Antigua And Barbuda? (World Atlas)