Belizean English

This article is about a dialect of the English language. For the closely-related creole language, see Belizean Creole.

Belizean English
Region	Belize
Speakers	278,390 (2022)
Language family	Indo-European Germanic West Germanic Ingvaeonic Anglo-Frisian Anglic English Caribbean English Belizean English
Early forms	Old English Middle English 17th century Modern English
Standard forms	Standard Caribbean English
Writing system	Latin (English alphabet)
Official status
Official language in	Belize
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–
IETF	en-BZ
Percentage of people in each district who reported being able to speak English in the 2022 census.   55–60%   60–65%   65–70%   70–75%   75–80%   80–85%   85–90%
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Belizean English is the set of varieties of the English language spoken in Belize and by members of the Belizean diaspora.

English is the sole official language of Belize and is used as a lingua franca throughout the country. In the 2022 census, 278,390 people reported being able to speak English, accounting for 70.0% of the country's population, making English the most spoken language in the country (ahead of Spanish which is dominant in some parts of the country). While a majority of the population in every district can speak English, it is less commonly spoken in the southern part of the country (namely the districts of Stann Creek and Toledo).