Barbados; From Language to Current standard of living for people.

1. Barbados
Sophie and Emma

2. Language
Language: Although their native language is
English, in Barbados they use sayings, dis,
instead of this and duh, instead of the,
happened instead of happen, wah instead
of what, ya instead of you, and instead of
the phrase what happened they say
whahappen.

3. Foods
In Barbados there are many traditional fish,
such as…flying fish Cou Cou is always
served on Friday and two of the traditional
foods are cooking fish cakes spicy or mild.
Barbados offers a wide variety of fish
throughout their island, for example
Barracuda, Kingfish, Snapper, Bill Fish,
Chubb, Yellow Fin Tuna, and Mahi Mahi. A
wide variety of Bajan spices, such as cloves
or onions, are additionally a Barbados
custom.

4. Music
A lot of reggae music is listened to in
Barbados. Along with steel pan music
which, is a form of a steel percussion drum
and made from pounding the bottom of an
oil drum into a bowl shape, They also
listen to a lot of gospel music since, they
are quite religious.
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5. Economic Aspect
Some resources in Barbados include natural
gas and oil. It has a very high tourist rate
as well. There are probably many U.S.
tourists that go to Barbados.

6. Current Standard of Living
People
The literacy rate is 90.7, and the life
expectancy is 74 years old. In terms of the
poverty within the Caribbean countries,
Barbados is in a good place. Barbados is
said to have the best healthcare in The
Caribbean. The unemployment rate is
10.7. Barbados is pretty stable, which is
good for the U.S. because we don’t have
to help them a lot.

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