Editing Antigua and Barbuda (section)

===Languages===
{{Main|Languages of Antigua and Barbuda}}
[[File:Map_of_Antiguan_and_Barbudan_Creole_dialects.svg|thumb|297x297px|Creole dialects in Antigua and Barbuda]]
Antigua and Barbuda has no official language.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Laws of Antigua and Barbuda |url=https://laws.gov.ag/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250130090542/https://laws.gov.ag/ |archive-date=30 January 2025 |access-date=2025-02-01 |website=laws.gov.ag |language=en-US |url-status=live }}</ref> The most spoken language in the country is Antiguan and Barbudan Creole, with three of its seven varieties native to the country: [[North Antiguan Creole|North Antiguan]], the standard variety spoken in most of the country; [[South Antiguan Creole|South Antiguan]], a partially-intelligible variety spoken in an area known as "Round South", and [[Barbudan Creole|Barbudan]], spoken only in Barbuda.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-10-07 |title=Antigua and Barbuda Creole English {{!}} Ethnologue |url=http://www.ethnologue.com/18/language/aig/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161007145534/http://www.ethnologue.com/18/language/aig/ |archive-date=7 October 2016 |access-date=2025-02-01}}</ref> The unofficial working language of the country is [[Antiguan and Barbudan English]], which is used by all agencies of government and is the main language of business and academic communication. Virtually all persons who speak Antiguan and Barbudan Creole can also speak English, making nearly all people in the country bilingual.<ref>{{Cite book |last=McDonald |first=Natalie |url=https://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/thesescanada/vol2/002/MR90056.PDF?is_thesis=1&oclc_number=910984137 |title=Language Hegemony in Education: An Antiguan Perspective |date=May 2012 |access-date=2024-12-14}}</ref> As of 2011, the population used the following as their main language: North Antiguan (57.06%), South Antiguan (8.05%), Guyanese Creole (7.11%), standard English (6.12%), Jamaican Patois (5.21%), Spanish (2.45%), and Barbudan Creole (1.71%). 0.67% spoke an unidentified variety of Antiguan and Barbudan Creole, and the remainder primarily spoke other Caribbean dialects.<ref name=":42">{{Cite web |last=Knight |first=Elizabeth |date=2025-02-11 |title=Estimated main languages of the Antiguan and Barbudan population |url=https://www.axarplex.com/items/estimated-main-languages-of-the-antiguan-and-barbudan-population |access-date=2025-02-11 |website=Axarplex |language=en}}</ref>