A post-creole continuum (or simply creole continuum) is a dialect continuum of varieties of a creole language between those most and least similar to the superstrate language (that is, a closely related language whose speakers assert or asserted dominance of some sort). Due to social, political, and economic factors, a creole language can decreolize towards one of the …

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. Most English creoles were formed in British colonies, following the great expansion of British naval military power and trade in the …

Jamaican Patois (/ ˈ p æ t w ɑː /; locally rendered Patwah and called Jamaican Creole by linguists) is an English-based creole language with West African influences, spoken primarily in Jamaica and among the Jamaican diaspora.A majority of the non-English words in Patois come from the West African Akan language. It is spoken by the majority of Jamaicans as a native …

Language codes; ISO 639-3: afs: Glottolog: afro1254: Linguasphere: 52-ABB-ac: Afro-Seminole Creole (ASC) is a dialect of Gullah spoken by Black Seminoles in scattered communities in Oklahoma, Texas, and Northern Mexico.. Afro-Seminole Creole was first identified in 1978 by Ian Hancock, a linguist at the University of Texas.Before that, no one in the academic world was …

Gullah (also called Gullah-English, Sea Island Creole English, and Geechee) is a creole language spoken by the Gullah people (also called "Geechees" within the community), an African-American population living in coastal regions of South Carolina and Georgia (including urban Charleston and Savannah) as well as extreme northeastern Florida and the extreme …

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The following is a list of countries and territories where English is an official language—that is, a language used in citizen interactions with government officials. As of 2020, there were 59 sovereign states and 27 non-sovereign entities where English was an official language.Many administrative divisions have declared English an official language at the local or regional level.

Manx (Gaelg or Gailck, pronounced [ɡilɡ, -eːlɡ] or ), also known as Manx Gaelic, is a Gaelic language of the insular Celtic branch of the Celtic language family, itself a branch of the Indo-European language family.Manx is the historical language of the Manx people.. Although only few children native to the Isle of Man speak Manx as a first language, there has been a steady …

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. This article also contains information on French pidgin languages, contact languages that lack native speakers.

Le créole haïtien (en créole : kreyòl ayisyen ou juste ayisyen [1]) est un créole à base lexicale française parlée par 11 millions de personnes en Haïti et environ 2 millions dans le reste du monde, surtout au Canada et aux États-Unis.Depuis 1987, le créole haïtien est reconnu officiellement en Haïti. Bien que son vocabulaire soit principalement emprunté au français du …