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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]
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 ...
A creole language is a stable natural language developed from a mixture of different languages. Unlike a pidgin, a simplified form that develops as a means of communication between two or more groups, a creole language is a complete language, used in a community and acquired by children as their native language.
English-based creole languages: Universal Decimal: 811.111.8: Language portal; Subcategories. This category has the following 8 subcategories, out of 8 total. ...
Krio is an English-based creole from which descend Nigerian Pidgin English and Cameroonian Pidgin English and Pichinglis. It is also similar to English-based creole languages spoken in the Americas, especially Jamaican Patois (Jamaican Creole), Sranan Tongo (Surinamese Creole), Bajan Creole and Gullah language, but it has its own distinctive ...
Venezuelan English Creole is a collection of Caribbean English-based Creoles spoken throughout Venezuela.Venezuelan English Creole developed from the English Creoles spoken by Anglo-Caribbean immigrants who immigrated to Venezuela during the gold rush and subsequent oil boom, namely from Trinidad and Tobago, Grenada, Dominica and Guyana.
Cameroonian Pidgin English is an English-based creole language. Approximately 5% of Cameroonians are native speakers of the language, while an estimated 50% of the population speak it in some form. [3]
Trinidadian Creole is an English-based creole language commonly spoken throughout the island of Trinidad in Trinidad and Tobago. It is distinct from Tobagonian Creole – particularly at the basilectal level [ 2 ] – and from other Lesser Antillean English creoles.