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Island state in the Atlantic

The Bahamas

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Language

history

culture

Landscape

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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

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