ii. Bahamian Creole 101: Pronunciation (2 of 5)

Creole is defined as “a mother tongue formed from the contact of two languages through an earlier pidgin stage.”
With that knowledge we present you with our brand new mini video series titled ‘Bahamian Creole 101.’ The purpose of this video project is to inform individuals who are outside of the culture on how to speak The Bahamian tongue which is heavily influenced by the English language. The other purpose is to eradicate the xenophobic dialogue surrounding the word “creole” for individuals who were born and raised into the culture.
We are back with the second part of the series titled “ii. Pronunciation.” In this installment we go over how the vowel sounds differ from American English. We also explore the merging of sounds and how English verbs are conjugated in Bahamian Creole.
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[@thenaturalgemini]

Bahamian creole and Gullah is identical. If I ever visit I can speak my language and won’t be looked at as weird.

[@famliy60]

Do yall say "I" for "auntie", ex: "I'm going to I'Martha house". We don't spell it like that, we just pronounce it that way.

[@Tezzmusiq]

Similar but not really the exact same

[@l4ur4b]

i’ve never been to the bahamas or met anyone from there but i love linguistics so i love this whole lil series

[@GYccUsefultips]

I find this very interesting.I've spoken to lots of Bahamians and besides being good people they sound great.I love the different caribbean accents and way of talking.Nothing wrong with that,it is just different.I know some bahamian creole and i want to learn more.Thanks

[@miguelrotaeche8582]

I love the Bahamas. You lightened my day.

[@TheKincaidJournal]

You are most welcome Miguel, thank you for watching.

[@HeavenestStCyr]

It's nice to have Bahamian Creole lessons from Ben Simmons. For real though, thanks for the video. I liked it alot.

[@tracylemme1375]

I had a landlord in Exuma who said that his truck needed a “walve job “ .

[@sylviahadley7856]

Awesome. I love dis!

[@danielgreen1475]

Your videos are seriously underrated 😩

[@TheKincaidJournal]

Thank you Daniel Green.

[@Simonlazarus-n3u]

Bro you 100% correct and funny with it. Das a wibe🇧🇸😁

[@bossofbahamas]

yeah bey them old set is be like bring me the wacuum

[@patriciabuttner7511]

Very interesting!!! I had no idea!!!!!

[@choumickalouis1553]

I'm working in the Bahamas i really can't understand their accent... This is helpful fs

[@mandymegan]

This is awesome 💕🇧🇸!!!

[@playboitr2566]

Where it say gun here in Freeport we is say gin

[@jsokamoses4087]

Super interesting. Liberians sound very similar.

[@TheKincaidJournal]

That's very interesting. You learn something new everyday.

[@blackgirlsbespiritual]

Your comment is interesting because I am a Bahamian and African Ancestry is a tribe that would now be considered Liberian!

[@david.nandrews9872]

Bahamianese is a tru treasure

[@TheKincaidJournal]

It truly is.

[@dionne71]

Lmao on point 😂🤣

[@TheKincaidJournal]

Yay! Thank you for watching!

[@Trucs_en_vrac]

Hey, this month is mwa kreyòl nan Monreyal, if you are interested about doing a video about kreyole in a collab let me know.. In this video i didnt hear kreyol i heard a patois but if you speak kreyol we should link up

[@herewegoagin4667]

You understand that Creoles are not just French right

[@TheKincaidJournal]

Hello Trucs en vrac, yes what I was speaking about is Bahamian Creole.

[@yvonnepratt556]

Good video

[@choumickalouis1553]

So helpful

[@pjorbista]

The most important is the greetingsike hello and goodbye...and sad tings is not hair.

[@TheKincaidJournal]

Thank you for watching PJ.

[@coreytripp9939]

i cant wait to befuddledly use this language for the 24 hrs that ill be on the beautiful island of the bahamas!

[@realest242]

I was saying gyala

[@secondtimeround]

DA. VOMEN DEM

[@crownrolle139]

We don't speak creole tho. It's Bahamian accent. Not Bahamian "creole"

[@TheKincaidJournal]

Hello Crown, this is a conversation I have with many Bahamians. We are so conditioned to thinking that the common noun creole, is a proper noun, Creole and synonymous with only Haiti. "Creole" is defined as 1 of 2 things: "A mother tongue formed from the contact of two languages through an earlier pidgin stage eg "a Portuguese-based Creole." Therefore Bahamian Creole is a thing.

[@crownrolle139]

@@TheKincaidJournal in actuality we speak gulla geechi more than creole per say

[@famliy60]

@@crownrolle139 You don't understand what a creole is.

[@crownrolle139]

Not "she own" it's "her own"

[@musak.4068]

she own for Bahamians

[@charlesmorton6206]

This is not creole

[@smite505]

It is 'a' creole language... There are hundreds worldwide

[@kellenwheeler9302]

Creole is the mixing of two languages. This is creole

[@smite505]

@TK we actually have no idea which creole he is referring to. It's actually quite likely he's referring to Cajun creole which I'd argue is more easily recognized by most people. Don't make assumptions like he did.

[@tamarmoss1289]

@@smite505 it’s Bahamian Creole not Cajun creole

[@smite505]

@@tamarmoss1289 that is literally the entire point of my comment. I know. I'm bahamian. You'd have to read the comment I was responding to as well as the comment before that in order to get the context... so yeah, obviously this video is bahamian creole... I wasn't talking about the video