Turks and Caicos Creole

Turks and Caicos Creole, also called Turks and Caicos Patwah is an English-based creole spoken in the Turks and Caicos Islands, a West Indian British overseas territory in the Lucayan Archipelago.

The Turks and Caicos Island Creole variety has not been thoroughly studied but may be directly related to Jamaican Patois as the Turks and Caicos Islands were formally a part of Jamaica for over 114 years (1848 - 1962), and also to Bahamian Creole as the two are reportedly highly mutually intelligible. As of 1995, the number of speakers of Turks and Caicos Islands Creole is around 10,700, although decreasing and endangered. It seems to be shifting to a variety form of Caribbean English. Turks and Caicos Islands Creole does not have an official status.