Bajan English


Barbadian or Bajan English is a dialect of the English language as used by Barbadians and by Barbadian diasporas.

Pronunciation

Barbadian English is fully rhotic and full of glottal stops. One example of Barbadian English would be the pronunciation of departments, which is. It is also notable, in comparison with standard American or British English, for the first vowel in price or prize.
  • The realization of the vowel in Barbadian English is pretty much the same as in American English, the default.
  • The vowel is.
  • The vowel is usually.
  • The vowel is usually or.
  • The vowel is the same as in the US English,.
  • The vowel is.
  • The vowel is. is best identified as an allophone of this phoneme, thus.
  • The diphthong varies by region and education/class: it manifests in educated speech generally as or sometimes, and in rural and uneducated speech as the vowel.
  • The vowel is mostly. The diaphoneme is mostly to be identified with this vowel
  • The vowel is or.
  • The diphthong is generally or.
  • The and sequences are both, resulting in the near-square merger.
  • The sequence is.
  • The sequence is usually or.
  • The sequence and the sequence are both usually.
  • The vowel is.
  • The vowel is mostly.
  • The diphthong is generally.
  • The diphthong is either or.
  • The diphthong is.
  • The final vowel is.
  • The final vowel is.
  • The final vowel is.
  • The and vowels are not merged in Barbadian English. However the vowels of,, and are generally merged.