Assessment of the everyday use and formal learning of the Creole language in the municipality of Corn Island in the Southern Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region of Nicaragua (2021)

 Summary

Oral communication in Creole has been part of the daily life of the inhabitants of the municipality of Corn Island for more than two centuries, this language —as it is defined by the Institute for the Promotion and Linguistic Research and Cultural Rescue of the URACCAN University— has been part of the day-to-day communication of the afro-descendant people from the creole ethnic group, being a linguistic heritage that has been passed down from generation to generation. Although the people of the Corn Islands speak Creole daily, most of them do not have reading and writing skills in this language, this is due to the influence of standard English that has been inculcated through the churches and some educational institutions over the last 160 years, making it common for locals, especially from the Creole ethnic group, to use standard English for professional and academic matters, and even in digital interaction or with foreigners. This study seeks to concretize and value the point of view of the Creole-speaking people towards their mother tongue and standard English since there has been no previous research to assess the opinions regarding the local linguistic issue.

1. DEFINITION OF CREOLE AND PIDGIN LANGUAGE 

2. LEGAL BACKGROUND OF CARIBBEAN NICARAGUA LINGUISTIC LEGISLATURE 

3. HISTORY OF THE CORN ISLANDS

4. SOCIODEMOGRAPHIC FEATURES OF CORN ISLANDS CREOLE PEOPLE

5. USE OF THE CREOLE LANGUAGE IN THE CORN ISLANDS

6. USE OF STANDARD ENGLISH IN CORN ISLANDS

7. LOCALS OPINION ABOUT THE FORMAL LEARNING OF THE CREOLE LANGUAGE

 

Author: Shayron Tower

Date of publication: 2021

DOI: 250698

Original publication: RIUL UNAN León