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Hi Everybody

My name is Kerstin and I am a student at a German university. In the course of a socio-linguistics seminar I am writing a term paper on Belize Kriol. As part of my research I have created a questionnaire about its usage.

If you are a speaker of the Creole and would like to take part in my little study, please send me ( Koe10@gmx.de ) your e-mail address so that I can mail you the questionnaire. You would help me a lot with my research.

Thanks very much for reading. If you have any further questions please feel free to contact me.

Kerstin

Hello Kerstin, I do not speak kriole, but if you do a search on this site you will prob find a lot of articles regarding it. Just scroll down to the bottom of the page and click on Belizesearch.com, enter the word kriole and a lot of different articles will be brought up. Hope this helps you.

Get in touch with Myrna at the Kriol Association of Belize. I will pm her email address

The email is [email protected]. Anyone who is interested in the Kriol culture could learn a lot from Miss. Myrna

Thanks very much for all the information.
By the way, this is my questionnaire. So if you like you can also leave your answeres here, or send them directly to my e-mail address.

Questionnaire:

Age: under 18/ 18-30/ 31-50/ 51-70/ over 70

Gender: male/ female

Location: city/ rural area

Native language(s): _____________________

Please rate the following situations with (1)always (2)often (3)sometimes (4)rarely (5)never:

I speak Belize Kriol with my grandparents/ parents.

I speak Belize Kriol with my friends.

I speak Belize Kriol at school/ university.

I speak Belize Kriol at work.

I speak Belize Kriol with the cashier at the supermarket.

I hear Belize Kriol on the radio.

I hear Belize Kriol on TV.

I read Belize Kriol in Newspapers.

I read Belize Kriol in Magazines.

I read Belize Kriol in Books.

I switch between Belize Kriol and English within a Conversation.

I speak Belize Kriol with people I have never met before.