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Creoles

Scope Note: 
Mixed natural languages--composed of elements of different languages in areas of intensive language contact--that develop from pidgins and have native speakers
Category: Languages
Broader Terms
Language Variation
Languages
Narrower Terms
N/A
Use this term instead of
Gullah (2004)
Haitian Creole (2004)
Krio (2004)
Mauritian Creole (2004)
Sierra Leone Creole (2004)
Sierra Leone Krio (2004)
Related Terms
Linguistic Borrowing
Pidgins
Added to ERIC: 7/1/1966