My country, The Bahamas is an archipelago of 700 islands and
cays surrounded by a mass of clear blue ocean, The capital of The Bahamas is Nassau,
New Providence other islands include Grand
Bahama, Andros, Abaco, and other family islands. As a Bahamian, our language is English. There are a diverse population including predominately Haitians, Chinese and Philippines. In our school system we are taught American English and British English, however we love to shorten words and create idioms and phrases we call “Bahamianese.” The majority of Bahamians are coloured.