<Li> Southcentral (pop . 8,049) </Li> <Li> Southwest (pop . 7,498) </Li> <P> English is the dominant language on St. Croix and has been the official language since 1917, when the Danish West Indies were purchased by the United States . Previously, the official language was Danish, although it was not widely spoken . Other languages throughout St. Croix's colonial history included Irish, Scots, Spanish and French, as well as a Dutch Creole spoken by St. Thomas and St. John - born persons living in St. Croix, as well as the local creole English, which still exists today . </P> <P> Known on the island as Crucian, Virgin Islands Creole English is spoken by the majority of the population in informal situations . Spanish is spoken by Puerto Rican and Dominican (Dominican Republic) immigrants and their St. Croix - born offspring, and various French creoles are spoken by the large St. Lucian and Dominican (Dominica) communities, as well as the smaller Haitian one . Arabic is common among the large Palestinian community on St. Croix . Immigrants from the Anglophone Caribbean that migrated to St. Croix after their formative years tend to speak the English creoles of their respective islands in informal situations, which are, for the most part, mutually intelligible with Virgin Islands Creole English . </P>

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