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Arabic-Javanese of Klego, the form of code mixing that has become the lingua franca in Klego, a village in the city of Pekalongan, Indonesia, is a mixture of Arabic vocabulary with the influence of extensive Javanese grammar and lexicon, used by Arabs and Javanese people there.
Miskito Coast Creole (Nicaragua Creole English) Rama Cay Creole; San Andrés–Providencia Creole (Raizal Creole English/Islander Creole English) Eastern Caribbean Northern Bahamian–Turks and Caicos Creole English (Lucayan Archipelago) Bahamian Creole; Turks and Caicos Creole English; Gullah language (Sea Islands Creole English) Afro-Seminole ...
English is the lexifier of English-based creole languages, such as: Jamaican Patois [4] Belizean Creole [5] Miskito Coast Creole [6] San Andres Creole English [7] Singapore Colloquial English, a.k.a. "Singlish" French is the lexifier of French-based creole languages, such as: Antillean Creole [8] French Guianese Creole [9] Haitian Creole [10 ...
A creole language, [2] [3] [4] or simply creole, is a stable natural language that develops from the process of different languages simplifying and mixing into a new form (often a pidgin), and then that form expanding and elaborating into a full-fledged language with native speakers, all within a fairly brief period. [5]
An English-based creole language (often shortened to English creole) is a creole language for which English was the lexifier, meaning that at the time of its formation the vocabulary of English served as the basis for the majority of the creole's lexicon. [1] Most English creoles were formed in British colonies, following the great expansion of ...
Like other Caribbean English-based creoles, Trinidadian English Creole has a primarily English-derived vocabulary.The island also has a creole with a largely French lexicon, which was in widespread use until the late nineteenth century, when it started to be gradually replaced, due to influence and pressure from the British.
Castelline, a speaker of Haitian Creole, recorded in the United States. Haitian Creole (/ ˈ h eɪ ʃ ən ˈ k r iː oʊ l /; Haitian Creole: kreyòl ayisyen, [kɣejɔl ajisjɛ̃]; [6] [7] French: créole haïtien, [kʁe.ɔl a.i.sjɛ̃]), or simply Creole (Haitian Creole: kreyòl), is a French-based creole language spoken by 10 to 12 million people worldwide, and is one of the two official ...
Cameroonian Pidgin English, or Cameroonian Creole (Cameroon Pidgin: Wes Cos, from West Coast), is a language variety of Cameroon. It is also known as Kamtok (from 'Cameroon-talk'). It is primarily spoken in the North West and South West English speaking regions. [2] Five varieties are currently recognised: