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Created on March 21, 2022
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Island state in the Atlantic
The Bahamas
Map
Language
history
culture
Landscape
general infos
+ info
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.
Geographical classification
Bahama-Dollar
Currency
13.939 km², 355.000 inhabitants
Some numbers...
Nassau
Capital
English
Official language
General information
Mangrove swamps
Salt lagoons
national parks
The Bahamas offer different exciting landscapes
Landscapes
Native people are abducted
15th century
indigenous people on the islands
before 15th century
British settle the Bahamas (at first Cigatoo)
Middle 17th century
Christopher Columbus arrives on an island
15th century
A brief insight...
History
The Bahamas achieves its state independence, but remains in the British Commonwealth
since 1973
Great Britain grants internal autonomy to the Bahamas
1964
American loyalists, supporters of the British crown flee to the Bahamas
after 1783
The Bahamas become a British colony
1718
The Bahamas were temporarily occupied by the Americans under John Paul Jones
1775-83
Religion
Rum - the national drink
Traditional clothing
African culture and music
Culture
Traditionally non-rhotic
The r
And much more...
Rich linguistic influences, rooted in the African languages of the slave trade
general
Voiced th becomes /d/ and unvoiced th becomes /t/
The th
Bahamian English
Some phrases are also completely different in Bahamian English....
Dean’s Blue Hole
Diving and snorkeling on the Barrier Reef of Andros
Freeport
visiting the bahamas
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%20https://www.erkunde-die-welt.de/2016/09/09/steckbrief-bahamas/#Klima_Reisewetterauf_denBahamashttps://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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