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Treemap of French-based creoles. A French creole, or French-based creole language, is a creole for which French is the lexifier.Most often this lexifier is not modern French but rather a 17th- or 18th-century koiné of French from Paris, the French Atlantic harbors, and the nascent French colonies.
Patois (/ ˈ p æ t w ɑː /, pl. same or / ˈ p æ t w ɑː z /) [1] is speech or language that is considered nonstandard, although the term is not formally defined in linguistics.As such, patois can refer to pidgins, creoles, dialects or vernaculars, but not commonly to jargon or slang, which are vocabulary-based forms of cant.
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Dr. Freeman's books, including his Haitian-English Dictionary, are available from the KUbookstore. Many of his books are also available for free (along with their audio supplements) on the KU Haitian Creole Resources webpage. Bryant C. Freeman died February 3, 2024 at age 92. [1]
Rodriguan Creole is a dialect of Mauritian Creole, a French-based creole language, spoken on the island of Rodrigues in the Indian Ocean.It is spoken by virtually all 40,000 inhabitants of the island.
Sign in Seychellois Creole, La Digue. Ede pou kit La Digue prop silvouple, meaning "Please help to keep La Digue clean.". Seychellois Creole (/ s eɪ ˈ ʃ ɛ l w ɑː /), also known as Kreol, Seselwa Creole French, and Seselwa Creole is the French-based creole language spoken by the Seychelles Creole people of the Seychelles.
Dictionary of Louisiana French: As spoken in Cajun, Creole and American Indian communities. University Press of Mississippi. Cajun French Dictionary and Phrasebook by Clint Bruce and Jennifer Gipson ISBN 0-7818-0915-0. Hippocrene Books Inc. Tonnerre mes chiens! A glossary of Louisiana French figures of speech by Amanda LaFleur ISBN 0-9670838-9 ...
Antillean Creole (also known as Lesser Antillean Creole, Kreyol, or Patois) is a French-based creole that is primarily spoken in the Lesser Antilles. Its grammar and vocabulary include elements of French , Carib , English , and African languages .