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==Languages==
Apart from a 114-year period of French occupancy (1649–1763) English has been the country's official language.  However, over time the minority of the population use a colloquial spoken language considered to be either [[English-based creole languages]] or ([[Grenadian Creole English]]) and which is said to reflect the African, European and Indian heritage of the nation.<ref>Alleyne, Mervyn C. "A Linguistic Perspective on the Caribbean", Latin American Program, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, 1985</ref>

The Grenadian creoles originally influenced by [[French language|French]], now contain elements from a variety of Grenadian Creole and a little of the African languages. [[Grenadian Creole French]] is mainly spoken in smaller rural areas, but today it can only be heard in a few small pockets of the society. Grenadian Creole French is mainly known as ''[[Patois]]'' and may have similarities to the [[Saint Lucian Creole French]].

It is believed that the one-time native or indigenous languages were [[Iñeri language|Iñeri]] and [[Karina language|Karina]].