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The Bahamas

Island state in the Atlantic

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Geographical classification

The Bahamas are part of the West Indies. They are located southeast of the United States and northeast of Cuba and are geographically counted as part of Central America.

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General information

Capital

Official language

Some numbers...

Currency

Nassau

English

13.939 km², 355.000 inhabitants

Bahama-Dollar

national parks

Salt lagoons

Landscapes

The Bahamas offer different exciting landscapes

Mangrove swamps

History

A brief insight...

before 15th century

indigenous people on the islands

15th century

Christopher Columbus arrives on an island

15th century

Native people are abducted

Middle 17th century

British settle the Bahamas (at first Cigatoo)

1718

The Bahamas become a British colony

1775-83

The Bahamas were temporarily occupied by the Americans under John Paul Jones

after 1783

American loyalists, supporters of the British crown flee to the Bahamas

1964

Great Britain grants internal autonomy to the Bahamas

since 1973

The Bahamas achieves its state independence, but remains in the British Commonwealth

Culture

African culture and music

Traditional clothing

Rum - the national drink

Religion

Bahamian English

general

The th

And much more...

The r

Rich linguistic influences, rooted in the African languages of the slave trade

Voiced th becomes /d/ and unvoiced th becomes /t/

Traditionally non-rhotic

Some phrases are also completely different in Bahamian English....

visiting the bahamas

Freeport

Diving and snorkeling on the Barrier Reef of Andros

Dean’s Blue Hole

Sources

https://www.laender-lexikon.de/Bahamas_Geschichte#:~:text=%20Bahamas%20Geschichte%20%201%20Spanische%20Herrschaft.%20Bevor,Jh..%20W%C3%A4hrend%20des%20nordamerikanischen%20Unabh%C3%A4ngigkeitskrieges%20%281775-83%29...%20More%20 https://www.erkunde-die-welt.de/2016/09/09/steckbrief-bahamas/#Klima_Reisewetterauf_denBahamas https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahamian_English#:~:text=Bahamian%20English%20is%20a%20group%20of%20varieties%20of,standard%20are%20more%20recently%20changing%20toward%20American%20norms. (last access 03/21/2022)

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