Bileez Kriol
Belize Kriol
English-based creole (Atlantic, Western Caribbean)
Belize Kriol is the English-based creole of Belize, the national lingua franca of a country whose population includes Mestizos, Creoles, Mayans, and Garifuna. Distinct from Jamaican Patois though sharing a common Atlantic English-based-creole ancestor, Belize Kriol developed during the British logwood/mahogany trade era through interaction of African enslaved populations (primarily Akan-speaking) with English logging crews. The 1995 establishment of the National Kriol Council and the 2002 phonemic orthography mark increasing institutional recognition; Belize Kriol now appears in churches, popular music (especially the punta and brukdown genres), and the Bible (full New Testament 2002, complete Bible 2012).
Where it is spoken
87 core words in Belize Kriol
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Compared with languages in the same classification: English-based creole (Atlantic, Western Caribbean)
| Meaning | Belize Kriol | Jamaican Patois | Bahamian Creole | Jamaican English | Nigerian English | Ghanaian English | Malaysian English |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Water | waata /wɑːtɑ/ | waata /waːta/ | watah /wɑːtə/ | water /ˈwɔːtə/ | water /ˈwɔːtə/ | water /ˈwɔːtə/ | water /ˈwɔːtə/ |
| Fire | faiya /fajə/ | faiya /faja/ | fyah /fajə/ | fire /faɪə/ | fire /faɪə/ | fire /faɪə/ | fire /faɪə/ |
| Sun | son /sɔn/ | son /sɔn/ | son /sɔn/ | sun /sɵn/ | sun /sɔn/ | sun /sʌn/ | sun /san/ |
| Moon | moon /muːn/ | muun /muːn/ | moon /muːn/ | moon /muːn/ | moon /muːn/ | moon /muːn/ | moon /muːn/ |
| Star | staar /staːr/ | staar /staː/ | star /stɑː/ | star /staː/ | star /staː/ | star /staː/ | star /staː/ |
| Night | nait /nait/ | nait /nait/ | night /naɪt/ | night /naɪt/ | night /naɪt/ | night /naɪt/ | night /naɪt/ |
| Rain | rayn /reːn/ | rien /rien/ | rain /reɪn/ | rain /ɹeːn/ | rain /ɹeːn/ | rain /ɹeːn/ | rain /ɹeːn/ |
| Snow | snoa /snoː/ | sunuo /sunuo/ | snow /snoʊ/ | snow /snoː/ | snow /snoː/ | snow /snoː/ | snow /snoː/ |
| Wind | breez /briːz/ | briiz /briːz/ | wind /wɪn/ | wind /wɪnd/ | wind /wɪnd/ | wind /wɪnd/ | wind /wɪnd/ |
| Earth | groun /ɡroun/ | grung /ɡrʌŋ/ | — | earth /ɜːt/ | earth /ɜːt/ | earth /ɜːt/ | earth /ɜːt/ |
| Stone | stoan /stoːn/ | stuon /stuon/ | stone /stoʊn/ | stone /stoːn/ | stone /stoːn/ | stone /stoːn/ | stone /stoːn/ |
| Mountain | mongtin /mɔŋtɪn/ | mountn /mountn/ | — | mountain /ˈmɵʊntn̩/ | mountain /ˈmaʊntɛn/ | mountain /ˈmaʊntɪn/ | mountain /ˈmaʊntən/ |
| Sea | see /siː/ | sii /siː/ | — | sea /siː/ | sea /siː/ | sea /siː/ | sea /siː/ |
| Mother | mada /mɑdə/ | mada /mɑdə/ | mama /mama/ | mother /ˈmɵðə/ | mother /ˈmɔðə/ | mother /ˈmʌðə/ | mother /ˈmadə/ |
| Father | faada /faːdə/ | faada /faːda/ | daddy /dadi/ | father /ˈfaːðə/ | father /ˈfɑːðə/ | father /ˈfaːðə/ | father /ˈfadə/ |
| Daughter | daata /dɑːtə/ | daata /dɑːtə/ | daughter /dɑːtə/ | daughter /ˈdɔːtə/ | daughter /ˈdɔːtə/ | daughter /ˈdɔːtə/ | daughter /ˈdɔːtə/ |
| I | ai /aɪ/ | mi /mi/ | I /aɪ/ | I /aɪ/ | I /aɪ/ | I /aɪ/ | I /aɪ/ |
| You | yu /ju/ | yu /ju/ | you /juː/ | you /juː/ | you /ju/ | you /juː/ | you /juː/ |
| We | wi /wi/ | wi /wi/ | we /wiː/ | we /wiː/ | we /wi/ | we /wiː/ | we /wiː/ |
| Name | naym /neːm/ | niem /niem/ | name /neɪm/ | name /neːm/ | name /nem/ | name /neːm/ | name /neɪm/ |
| Person | persn /pɛrsn̩/ | sumadi /sumadi/ | — | person /ˈpɜːsən/ | person /ˈpɜːsɔn/ | person /ˈpɜːsən/ | person /ˈpɜːsən/ |
| Head | hed /hɛd/ | ed /ɛd/ | — | head /hɛd/ | head /hɛd/ | head /hɛd/ | head /hɛd/ |
| Eye | aiy /aj/ | yai /jaɪ/ | eye /aɪ/ | eye /aɪ/ | eye /aɪ/ | eye /aɪ/ | eye /aɪ/ |
| Ear | ayz /eːz/ | iez /iez/ | ear /ɛə/ | ear /iːa/ | ear /ia/ | ear /ia/ | ear /iə/ |
| Nose | nuoz /nuoz/ | nuoz /nuoz/ | nose /noːz/ | nose /noːz/ | nose /noːs/ | nose /noːs/ | nose /noːs/ |
| Mouth | mowt /mout/ | mout /mout/ | — | — | mouth /maʊt/ | mouth /maʊt/ | mouth /maʊt/ |
| Tooth | teet /tiːt/ | tiit /tiːt/ | tooth /tuːt/ | tooth /tuːt/ | tooth /tuːt/ | tooth /tuːt/ | tooth /tuːt/ |
| Tongue | tong /toŋ/ | tong /tɔŋ/ | tongue /tʌŋ/ | tongue /tɵŋ/ | tongue /tɔŋ/ | tongue /tɔŋ/ | tongue /taŋ/ |
| Hand | han /an/ | an /an/ | han /han/ | hand /hand/ | hand /hænd/ | hand /hænd/ | hand /hæn/ |
| Foot | fut /fʊt/ | fut /fʊt/ | — | foot /fʊt/ | foot /fʊt/ | foot /fʊt/ | foot /fʊt/ |
| Heart | haat /aːt/ | aat /aːt/ | hart /hɑːt/ | heart /haːt/ | heart /hɑːt/ | heart /haːt/ | heart /haːt/ |
| Bone | boan /boan/ | buon /bʊɔn/ | bone /boʊn/ | bone /boːn/ | bone /bon/ | bone /bon/ | bone /bon/ |
| Blood | blod /blod/ | blod /blʌd/ | blood /blʌd/ | blood /blɵd/ | blood /blɔd/ | blood /blʌd/ | blood /blad/ |
| Love | lov /lɔv/ | lov /lɔv/ | love /lɔv/ | love /lɵv/ | love /lɔv/ | love /lʌv/ | love /laf/ |
| Tree | chree /tʃɹiː/ | chrii /tʃɹiː/ | tree /tɹiː/ | tree /tɹiː/ | tree /tɹiː/ | tree /tɹiː/ | tree /tɹiː/ |
| Dog | daag /daːɡ/ | daag /daːɡ/ | dawg /dɔɡ/ | dog /dɔɡ/ | dog /dɔɡ/ | dog /dɔɡ/ | dog /dɔk/ |
| Cat | kyat /kʲat/ | puss /pʊs/ | cat /kat/ | cat /kʰat ~ kjaːt/ | cat /kæt/ | cat /kæt/ | cat /kæt/ |
| Fish | fish /fɪʃ/ | fish /fɪʃ/ | fish /fɪʃ/ | fish /fɪʃ/ | fish /fɪʃ/ | fish /fɪʃ/ | fish /fɪʃ/ |
| Bird | berd /bɛrd/ | bod /bɔd/ | bird /bɜːd/ | bird /bɜːd/ | bird /bɜːd/ | bird /bɜːd/ | bird /bɜːd/ |
| Butterfly | botaflai /bɔtaflai/ | botaflai /bɔtaflai/ | — | butterfly /ˈbɵtəflaɪ/ | butterfly /ˈbɔtəflaɪ/ | butterfly /ˈbʌtəflaɪ/ | butterfly /ˈbatəflaɪ/ |
| Egg | eg /ɛɡ/ | eg /ɛɡ/ | egg /ɛɡ/ | egg /ɛɡ/ | egg /ɛɡ/ | egg /ɛɡ/ | egg /ɛɡ/ |
| Bear | byaa /bjaː/ | bier /biɛr/ | — | bear /beːɹ/ | bear /bɛə/ | bear /bɛə/ | bear /bɛə/ |
| Horse | haas /haːs/ | aas /aːs/ | — | horse /hɔːs/ | horse /hɔːs/ | horse /hɔːs/ | horse /hɔːs/ |
| House | hows /aʊs/ | ous /ɔus/ | house /haus/ | house /hɵʊs/ | house /haʊs/ | house /haʊs/ | house /haʊs/ |
| Milk | milk /mɪlk/ | milk /mɪlk/ | milk /mɪlk/ | milk /mɪlk/ | milk /mɪlk/ | milk /mɪlk/ | milk /mɪlk/ |
| Honey | honi /hɔni/ | oni /ɔni/ | — | honey /ˈhɵni/ | honey /ˈhɔni/ | honey /ˈhʌni/ | honey /ˈhani/ |
| Salt | saalt /sɑːlt/ | saalt /saːlt/ | salt /sɑːlt/ | salt /sɔːlt/ | salt /sɔlt/ | salt /sɔlt/ | salt /sɔlt/ |
| Wine | wain /waɪn/ | wain /wain/ | wine /waɪn/ | wine /waɪn/ | wine /waɪn/ | wine /waɪn/ | wine /waɪn/ |
| Rice | rais /rais/ | rais /rais/ | — | rice /ɹaɪs/ | rice /ɹaɪs/ | rice /ɹaɪs/ | rice /ɹaɪs/ |
| Iron | aiyan /ajan/ | aiyan /aijan/ | — | iron /ˈaɪən/ | iron /ˈaɪən/ | iron /ˈaɪən/ | iron /ˈaɪən/ |
| Wheel | wiil /wiːl/ | wiil /wiːl/ | wheel /wiːl/ | wheel /wiːl/ | wheel /wiːl/ | wheel /wiːl/ | wheel /wiːl/ |
| Silk | silk /sɪlk/ | silk /sɪlk/ | — | silk /sɪlk/ | silk /sɪlk/ | silk /sɪlk/ | silk /sɪlk/ |
| Book | buk /bʊk/ | buk /bʊk/ | — | book /bʊk/ | book /bʊk/ | book /bʊk/ | book /bʊk/ |
| Eat | eet /iːt/ | nyam /ɲam/ | eat /iːt/ | eat /iːt/ | eat /iːt/ | eat /iːt/ | eat /iːt/ |
| Drink | jrink /dʒɾɪŋk/ | jringk /dʒrɪŋk/ | drink /dɹɪŋk/ | drink /dɹɪŋk/ | drink /dɹɪŋk/ | drink /dɹɪŋk/ | drink /dɹɪŋk/ |
| Sleep | sleep /sliːp/ | sliip /sliːp/ | sliip /sliːp/ | sleep /sliːp/ | sleep /sliːp/ | sleep /sliːp/ | sleep /sliːp/ |
| One | wan /wan/ | wan /wan/ | one /wan/ | one /wɵn/ | one /wɔn/ | one /wʌn/ | one /wan/ |
| Two | too /tuː/ | tuu /tuː/ | two /tuː/ | two /tuː/ | two /tu/ | two /tuː/ | two /tuː/ |
| Three | chree /tʃɹiː/ | chrii /tʃɹiː/ | three /tɹiː/ | three /tɹiː/ | three /tɹi/ | three /tɹi/ | three /tɹiː/ |
| Four | foa /foa/ | fuo /fuo/ | four /fɔː/ | four /foː/ | four /fɔː/ | four /fɔː/ | four /fɔː/ |
| Five | faiv /faiv/ | faiv /faiv/ | faiv /faiv/ | five /faɪv/ | five /faɪv/ | five /faɪv/ | five /faɪv/ |
| Hundred | honjrid /hɔndʒɾɪd/ | onjrid /ɔndʒrɪd/ | hundred /ˈhʌndɹəd/ | hundred /ˈhɵndɹɛd/ | hundred /ˈhɔndɹɛd/ | hundred /ˈhʌndɹəd/ | hundred /ˈhandɹɛd/ |
| Hello | heloh /hɛlo/ | wah gwaan /wɑ ɡwɑːn/ | wuhz hapnin /wʊz hapnɪn/ | hello /həˈloː/ | hello /həˈloː/ | hello /həˈloː/ | hello /həˈlo/ |
| Thank you | tanks /taŋks/ | tanks /taŋks/ | tank ya /taŋk jə/ | thank you /taŋk juː/ | thanks /taŋks/ | thanks /taŋks/ | thanks /tɛŋks/ |
| Good | gud /ɡʊd/ | gud /ɡʊd/ | good /ɡʊd/ | good /ɡʊd/ | good /ɡʊd/ | good /ɡʊd/ | good /ɡʊt/ |
| New | nyoo /njuː/ | nyuu /ɲuː/ | — | new /njuː/ | new /njuː/ | new /njuː/ | new /njuː/ |
| Red | red /ɹɛd/ | red /ɹɛd/ | red /ɹɛd/ | red /ɹɛd/ | red /ɹɛd/ | red /ɹɛd/ | red /ɹɛd/ |
| White | wait /waɪt/ | wait /wait/ | white /waɪt/ | white /waɪt/ | white /waɪt/ | white /waɪt/ | white /waɪt/ |
| Black | blak /blak/ | blak /blak/ | black /blak/ | black /blak/ | black /blæk/ | black /blæk/ | black /blæk/ |
| Green | green /ɡriːn/ | griin /ɡɹiːn/ | green /ɡɹiːn/ | green /ɡɹiːn/ | green /ɡɹiːn/ | green /ɡɹiːn/ | green /ɡɹiːn/ |
| Blue | bloo /bluː/ | blu /blu/ | — | blue /bluː/ | blue /bluː/ | blue /bluː/ | blue /bluː/ |
| Computer | kompyoota /kompjuːta/ | kompyuuta /komˈpjuːta/ | — | computer /komˈpjuːta/ | computer /kɔmˈpjuːta/ | computer /kəmˈpjuːtə/ | computer /kəmˈpjuːtə/ |
| Tea | tee /tiː/ | tii /tiː/ | — | tea /tiː/ | tea /tiː/ | tea /tiː/ | tea /tiː/ |
| Coffee | kaafi /kaːfi/ | kaafi /kaːfi/ | — | coffee /ˈkɔfi/ | coffee /ˈkɔfi/ | coffee /ˈkɔfi/ | coffee /ˈkɔfi/ |
| Sugar | shuga /ʃuɡa/ | shuga /ʃuɡa/ | — | sugar /ˈʃʊɡə/ | sugar /ˈʃʊɡə/ | sugar /ˈʃʊɡə/ | sugar /ˈʃʊɡə/ |
| Ninety-nine | nainti-nain /nainti nain/ | nainti-nain /nainti nain/ | — | ninety-nine /ˈnaɪnti ˈnaɪn/ | ninety-nine /ˈnaɪnti ˈnaɪn/ | ninety-nine /ˈnaɪnti ˈnaɪn/ | ninety-nine /ˈnaɪnti ˈnaɪn/ |
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