Following several unsuccessful attempts by Europeans to colonise the island due to resistance from resident Island Caribs, French settlement and colonisation began in 1649 and continued for the next century.

On 10 February 1763, Grenada was ceded to the British under the Treaty of Paris.

British rule continued until 1974 (except for a brief French takeover between 1779 and 1783).

In 1921, a census of Grenada reported that the language was "slowly dying out" and was "only spoken among a small number of the adult population of the rural districts".

[3] Today most of the population speaks Grenadian Creole English.