Saint-Barthélemy French

Saint-Barthélemy French
Patois Saint-Barth
Native toThe Caribbean: St. Barts (France) & St. Thomas (US)
Native speakers
(500700 cited 1997)
Language codes
ISO 639-3
GlottologNone
IETFfr-BL

Saint-Barthélemy French or St. Barts patois (French: patois Saint-Barth, pronounced [patwa sɛ̃ baʁt]) is the dialect of French spoken on the French-controlled Caribbean island of Saint-Barthélemy and by a small emigrant community on Saint Thomas in the US Virgin Islands.