Create a shade of blue that represents: "Countries/regions in which the mother tongue of the majority of the population is an Germanic-based creole language but the main language of governance is the formal version of the Germanic language"
Use the color purple that shows the countries/regions where there is a small Germanic-based creole speaking ethnic minority in a country that may or may not use the standard version as the language of government.
Another shade of blue should refer to the countries in which there is a widely spoken Germanic-based creole language in the nation/region although non of official languages are Germanic.
Use the color shown below (used to indicate where Russian is spoken) to show countries/regions in which one of the official languages is Germanic but also has the presence of an Germanic-based creole spoken as a
lingua franca in informal situations by people who may also be well educated in the formal version of the Germanic language.
Don't forget to use a green square to show cities/settlements/regions where a Germanic language is a prominent minority language.
Use dots to show countries to small to see, e.g. Caribbean, Southeast Asia.
P.S. Don't forget about shading Quebec the right shade.
They are spoken in: the eastern coast of Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama roughly stretching from the Caratasca Lagoon in Honduras to the Bocas del Toro Archipelago in Panama; the
Bay Islands off the coast of Honduras; the Colombian-controlled
Archipelago of San Andrés off the coast of Nicaragua; the
Samaná Peninsula in the
Dominican Republic; very small, scattered communities in the northeastern Florida wilderness; the
South Carolina Lowcountry and the
Sea Islands in coastal South Carolina and Georgia; small settlements near the national border in the
Maripasoula region of French Guiana; a small community in the interior wilderness of the
Marowijne District in Suriname; a small cluster of settlements at the bank of the
Coppename River; eastern Suriname wilderness; around the
Saramacca River and
Suriname River with some populations in French Guiana; an in
The Gambia.
Refer to
this list to get ideas about how to show small countries/regions.
Legend
English
Countries/dependencies where English has official language status and/or is the main mother tongue.
Countries/dependencies where the mother tongue is an English-based Creole but the main language of government is formal English.
Countries/dependencies in which there is a widely spoken Anglo-creole language in the nation/region although non of official languages are English.
Countries where English is official but is not a widely-spoken language.
Countries in which English is not the native tongue but a English-based creole has reached the status of lingua franca in informal settings. Standard English is still used as lingua franca in formal settings as it is also the official language.
English-based creole languages unique to a small ethnic minority.
Cities/settlements where English is a major minority language and/or has a notable presence large presence.
To be removed/corrected: Québec, as its sole official (likewise national) language is French; Wallonia in Belgium, see Québec.
To be added: South Tyrol in the northeast of Italy (German-speaking). — Preceding
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