The project tracks the genesis and development of Creole Dutch (also known as Carriols) from the settlement of St. Thomas to the final stages of the language, using demographic data, grammatical data and lexical data from the whole period, starting 1672 to the late 20th century. To this end, computational methods are used, such as phylogenetic networks, agent-based modelling and graphematics. The creole language was created after 1672 by the enslaved population of the island of St. Thomas, now part of the US Virgin Islands.
The project period is from 1 January 2025 to 1 December 2026
The project is funded by:
