Estimated Population (2008) |
36,605 |
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Population (2001) |
19,886 |
| Average HH Size (2001) |
2.8 |
| Constant GDP Growth Rate (2007p) |
11.2 |
| Constant GDP (US$'000) (2007p) |
632,052 |
| Imports (US$ '000) (2008p) |
591,252 |
| Exports (US$ '000) (2008p) |
24,769 |
| Inflation Rate (2007) |
3.7% |
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DEPS Grand Turk Office:
South Base, Grand Turk
Turks and Caicos Islands
British West Indies
Tel nos.: +1649-946-2801;
+1649-946-2221
Fax no: +1649-946-2557
E-mail: deps@gov.tc or info@depstc.org
DEPS Providenciales Office:
Telefax: +1649-941-5194
Copyright © 2005 Department of Economic Planning
and Statistics
Date last updated: September 14, 2009
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The Turks and Caicos Islands first language is English.
There are certain phrases that vary from the English language
and certain proverbs and terms which give a distinctly Turks
and Caicos flavour to the spoken word.
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The natives of each Island have their own unique way of pronouncing certain
words making it easy to tell the home town of a person just by hearing them
speak. The following are words and phrases unique to the Turks and Caicos
Islands.
Ga (Got/Have) - I GA five coconuts and one banana.
Gal (Girl) - She ya GAL friend ay?
I'een (I'm not) -I'EEN going out tonight gal, I tired.
Gee (Give) - Did Frank GEE you some fish?
Shut (Shirt) - My SHUT is red and my pants is blue.
Buck(To Meet/Met) - I BUCK Susan in the shop today.
As a multi-national country, we use quite a number of words and phrases from our Carribean and US
neighbors such as:
Irie & Ya Man from Jamaica
Sak Passe & Mab Boule from Haiti
Que Passa & Mucho Gracias from the Dominican Republic
What's up & Yo from the USA
Source: Cable & Wireless
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