Trinidadian and Tobagonian English

Trinidadian and Tobagonian English
Trinidadian and Tobagonian English
Region	Trinidad and Tobago
Language family	Indo-European Germanic West Germanic North Sea Germanic Anglo–Frisian Anglic English Caribbean English Trinidadian and Tobagonian English; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Early forms	Old English Middle English Early Modern English ; ;
Dialects	Trinidadian English Creole; Tobagonian English Creole;
Writing system	Latin (English alphabet); Unified English Braille
Official status
Official language in	Trinidad and Tobago (de facto)
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–
Glottolog	None
IETF	en-TT

Trinidadian and Tobagonian English (TE) or Trinidadian and Tobagonian Standard English is a dialect of English used in Trinidad and Tobago. Trinidadian and Tobagonian English co-exists with both non-standard varieties of English as well as other dialects, namely Trinidadian Creole in Trinidad and Tobagonian Creole in Tobago.^[2]^[3]^[4]

^ "Unified English Braille (UEB)". Braille Authority of North America (BANA). 2 November 2016. Retrieved 2 January 2017.
^ Schneider, Edgar W. (April 2024). "Trinidad and Tobago, English and Creoles in". The Handbook of World Englishes. ResearchGate. Retrieved 18 May 2025.
^ "Trinidadian Creole Language". Trinidadian Creole at York College. Retrieved 18 May 2025.
^ Ferreira, Jo-Anne S. (2004). "A Description of Trinidadian English Pronunciation". Academia.edu. Retrieved 18 May 2025.