The Dominican Republic is a bilingual country, with more than half of the population speaking English. Spanish and English are fairly similar, with Spanish variations varying in use of subject and second-person pronouns. For example, Spanish in the Dominican Republic tends to use the subject in place of the object when it’s not necessary to use it.
Spanish
The Spanish spoken in the Dominican Republic has several differences from that of the Spanish spoken in the U.S. The Dominicans use a more formal vocabulary. For example, if you’re speaking with an elderly person, you should use formal language. This shows respect. The Dominican language has a lot of Anglicisms, which means that a word can have many different meanings in different parts of the country.
The Dominican Republic was discovered by Christopher Columbus in 1492, but had long been inhabited by the Taino people. The French colonised the island in the late 17th century, but the country gained independence from France only a few years later. Despite this, Dominicans consider themselves more Latin American than Caribbean. They are close to the United States and have developed strong ties with the United States.
Haitian Creole
Haitian Creole is a French-based creole language spoken by more than seven million people in Haiti and other countries in the Caribbean. It has many similarities to the French language, but it has its own pronunciation, vocabulary, grammar, and pragmatics. It is also spoken in the Dominican Republic and the Bahamas.
Creole was developed after the French colonized Haiti and brought African slaves from different tribes. The slaves used a simplified version of the language that was used by French buccaneers and settlers. This dialect eventually grew into a true language. This language developed a unique blend of features from several languages, including the native Indian language, French, Spanish, and English. It also borrowed features from African languages, including the r and s sounds.
Black Vernacular
The Dominican Republic was settled by over 6,000 people from the United States in 1824, the same year that the American Revolution broke out. Until the 1930s, a small percentage of the population spoke the Black Vernacular, which was spoken in Samana, Puerto Plata, and Santo Domingo. The communities maintained church schools and maintained their languages, but the government’s goal was to make the entire population Hispanic. This policy eventually led to the eradication of this language, and the communities lost an important aspect of their individuality.
Today, there are a number of small dialects and languages spoken in the Dominican Republic. For example, Haitian Creole is used by people of Haitian heritage, and Samana English is spoken by 8,000 people in the Samana Peninsula. Many of these speakers are descendants of African Americans who arrived in the nineteenth century. The rise of popular American culture has motivated other Dominican citizens to learn English.
English
Dominican Spanish is more conventional than Spanish spoken in other Latin American countries. Despite this, some locals have their own dialects. The Dominican people take pride in their language, and consider it the most conventional form of Castilian. The Dominican people have also incorporated many Taino (local) and African words into the language. For example, they call their tiny rural homes bohios (after the Tainos’ rectangular homes). Many of the names of places and cultural terms have been borrowed from the Tainos. There is some English spoken in the tourist industry, and there are even some Creole dialects in some areas, especially along the Haitian border and in the sugarcane communities.
The Dominican Republic is home to several small dialects, including Haitian Creole, which is the language of Haitian immigrants. Another dialect of the English language is Samana English, which is spoken by 8,000 people in the Samana Peninsula. These people are the descendants of African Americans who came to the country in the 19th century. While many Dominicans are not fluent in English, the Dominican pop culture and American Americans have inspired a number of people to learn the language.
