English is the official language in Trinidad and Tobago — well, Trinidadian English — but Trinidadians and Tobagonians also speak one of two Creoles (Trinidadian Creole or Tobagonian Creole), both of which have influences from a number of African languages. Trinidadian Creole also contains elements of French, French Creole, Spanish, Patois (a variety of Spanish and French) and Bhojpuri/Hindi. There also used to be a Spanish-based Creole, called “Coco Payol.” In the interest of building more connections with the South American mainland, Trinidad and Tobago have also been encouraging school students to study Spanish.
We are revising the AllAroundThisWorld.com site — the information you’re seeking may still be here, but a lot of links are broken and details may be out of date. We are currently using a new (better!) site — ExploreEverywhere.com — to tell you all about our class offerings, our “pen pal” program and how to become one of our teachers, and will eventually be moving all the goodies from here over to there. So, GO TO THE NEW SITE!
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