West Indian Languages: Identification and Distribution

This quiz tests your knowledge of various West Indian and Caribbean creole languages and their geographic locations.

15 Questions Published

Questions

Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which West Indian language is spoken by the largest number of people?

  1. English
  2. Spanish
  3. French
  4. Dutch
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the name of the French-based creole language spoken in Haiti?

  1. Haitian Creole
  2. French Creole
  3. Creole French
  4. Kreyol
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which West Indian language is closely related to Spanish?

  1. Papiamento
  2. Sranan Tongo
  3. Jamaican Patois
  4. Trinidadian Creole
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the name of the English-based creole language spoken in Jamaica?

  1. Jamaican Patois
  2. Jamaican Creole
  3. Patois
  4. Creole
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which West Indian language is spoken in Suriname?

  1. Sranan Tongo
  2. Saramaccan
  3. Ndyuka
  4. Paramaccan
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the name of the Dutch-based creole language spoken in the Netherlands Antilles?

  1. Papiamento
  2. Sranan Tongo
  3. Antillean Creole
  4. Dutch Creole
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which West Indian language is spoken in Trinidad and Tobago?

  1. Trinidadian Creole
  2. Tobagonian Creole
  3. Creole English
  4. English Creole
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the name of the French-based creole language spoken in Guadeloupe?

  1. Guadeloupean Creole
  2. French Creole
  3. Creole French
  4. Kreyol
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which West Indian language is spoken in Martinique?

  1. Martiniquan Creole
  2. French Creole
  3. Creole French
  4. Kreyol
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the name of the English-based creole language spoken in Barbados?

  1. Bajan Creole
  2. Barbadian Creole
  3. Creole English
  4. English Creole
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which West Indian language is spoken in Guyana?

  1. Guyanese Creole
  2. Creolese
  3. English Creole
  4. Creole English
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the name of the Dutch-based creole language spoken in Suriname?

  1. Sranan Tongo
  2. Saramaccan
  3. Ndyuka
  4. Paramaccan
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which West Indian language is spoken in Belize?

  1. Belizean Creole
  2. Kriol
  3. English Creole
  4. Creole English
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the name of the French-based creole language spoken in Dominica?

  1. Dominican Creole
  2. French Creole
  3. Creole French
  4. Kreyol
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which West Indian language is spoken in Saint Lucia?

  1. Saint Lucian Creole
  2. French Creole
  3. Creole French
  4. Kreyol