List of creole languages

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.

This list of creole languages links to Wikipedia articles about languages that linguistic sources identify as creoles. The "subgroups" list links to Wikipedia articles about language groups defined by the languages from which their vocabulary is drawn.

Arabic-based creole languages

Assamese-based creole languages

  • Nagamese creole, ("Naga Pidgin") is an Assamese-lexified creole language which, depending on location, has also been described and classified as an "extended pidgin" or "pidgincreole", Spoken natively by an estimated 30,000 people in the Indian northeastern state of Nagaland, India.

Bengali-based creole languages

English-based creole languages

Dutch-based creole languages

Americas:

Southeast Asia:

  • Javindo, formerly spoken by Indo families and their children, likely extinct as of 2007
  • Petjo, spoken by Indos in Indonesia and the Netherlands, likely very few speakers left.

French-based creole languages

Portuguese-based creole languages

Creole languages based on other languages

Subgroups

See also

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