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Dutch-based creole languages

A Dutch creole is a creole language that has been substantially influenced by the Dutch language.

Most Dutch-based creoles originated in Dutch colonies in the Americas and Southeast Asia, after the 17th century expansion of Dutch maritime power. Almost all of them have died out:

Some important Dutch creoles are the following:

Dutch has also made a significant contribution to other creoles:

Despite its name, Pennsylvania Dutch is not descended from Dutch, but is a variety of West Central German.

Afrikaans arguably possesses some features of creole languages, especially in its simplified grammar relative to Dutch. However, since Afrikaans is not descended from a pidgin tongue but rather represents the natural linguistic evolution of the Afrikaner people in South Africa, it is, properly speaking, not a creole.

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