Grenadian Creole French Grenadian Creole

the older grenadian creole french variety of antillean creole french. in grenada, , among grenadians, referred patois or french patois. once lingua franca in grenada. in 18th , 19th centuries large majority of inhabitants spoke french or creole french, despite new british administrators spoke english.

creole french commonly heard 1930, when children in rural areas speak it. in twenty-first century, can heard among elderly speakers in few small pockets of country. senior citizens still speak creole french, becoming fewer , fewer because, unlike st. lucia , dominica (which lie close french islands of martinique , guadeloupe), grenada not have french-speaking neighbours keep language alive. nevertheless, conversations in grenadian english liberally sprinkled creole french words , phrases.