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.