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Réunion Creole is the main vernacular of the island and is used in most colloquial and familiar settings. It is, however, in a state of diglossia with French as the high language – Réunion Creole is used in informal settings and conversations, while French is the language of writing, education, administration and more formal conversations.
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 ...
Dominican Creole French; Grenadian Creole French; Saint Lucian Creole French. San Miguel Creole French (in Panama) French Guianese Creole is a language spoken in French Guiana, and to a lesser degree in Suriname and Guyana. Karipúna French Creole, spoken in Brazil, mostly in the state of Amapá.
ladjabless [French 'La Diablesse']: A devil woman from Caribbean folklore. [6] lougarou [French 'loup-garou']: A werewolf. shado beni [French 'chardon béni']: Eryngium foetidum, an herb used for cooking. Also known as recao or Mexican coriander. soungoo [French 'sans goût']: a description of a person who is dispirited or lacking energy, e.g ...
Antillean Creole has approximately thirteen million speakers and is a means of communication for migrant populations traveling between neighboring English- and French-speaking territories. Since French is a Romance language, French Antillean Creole is considered to be one of Latin America's languages by some linguists.
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.
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.
Ndyuka is based on English vocabulary, with influence from African languages in its grammar and sounds. For example, the difference between na ("is") and ná ("isn't") is tone; words can start with consonants such as mb and ng, and some speakers use the consonants kp and gb. (For other Ndyuka speakers, these are pronounced kw and gw, respectively.