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Refimprove date September 2010 Infobox Language name LouisianaCreole nativename Kr yol La Lwizy n states ... LouisianaCreole Kr yol La Lwizy n is a French based creole languages French Creole language spoken by the LouisianaCreole people of the state of Louisiana . The language consists of elements of French ... speaking parishes in Louisiana Speakers of LouisianaCreole are mainly concentrated in south and southwest ... Creole speakers of any state outside Louisiana, and the number of speakers may surpass that of Louisiana dubious date December 2010 . LouisianaCreole speakers in California reside in Los Angeles County ... Marshall Valdman . Grammar The grammar of LouisianaCreole is very similar to that of Haitian Creole . Definite articles in LouisianaCreole vary between the le , la and les used in standard French .... In theory, Creole places its definite articles after the noun, unlike French. Given Louisiana ... in a consonant. Another aspect of LouisianaCreole which is unlike French is the lack of verb conjugation ... of LouisianaCreole is of French, African, Native American and Spanish origin. Most local ... numbers for comparison. class wikitable Number LouisianaCreole French 1 un un 2 d deux 3 tr trwoi ... class wikitable English LouisianaCreole French I mo je you informal to tu you formal vou vous ... vous they masculine y ils they feminine y elles Greetings class wikitable English LouisianaCreole ... Brasseaux, Carl. French, Cajun, Creole, Houma A Primer on Francophone Louisiana . B ton Rouge Louisiana State University Press, 2005 . Klingler, Thomas A. If I could turn my tongue like that The Creole ..., Margaret. The Origin and Development of LouisianaCreole French French and Creole in Louisiana ... of LouisianaCreole. Bloomington Indiana University Press, 1998. Valdman, Albert, Thomas A. Klingler, Margaret M. Marshall, and Kevin J. Rottet eds. . 1996. The Dictionary of LouisianaCreole . Bloomington ... speaking world Languages http www.learnlouisianacreole.wordpress.com Learn LouisianaCreole Online ... more details
Image CreoleFood.jpg thumb Dishes typical of Creole food LouisianaCreole cuisine is a style of cooking originating in Louisiana centered on the Greater New Orleans area which is a melting pot cuisine ... cooking adapted by the Acadian s to Louisiana ingredients, whereas the cooking of the LouisianaCreole people Louisiana Creoles tended more toward classical European styles adapted to local foodstuffs ... at Nola Cuisine Cuisine of the United States cuisine Category LouisianaCreole Category Louisiana ... cuisines of the peasantry, while Creole cuisine evolved in the homes of well to do aristocrats, or those who imitated their lifestyle. Although the Creole cuisine is closely identified with New ... War Creoles. ref George Washington Cable, The Creoles of Louisiana , Pelican Press, ISBN 1565547527 ref Despite its aristocratic French roots, Creole cuisine does not include Garde Manger or other ... on Creole cuisine were in the heat of the Chili pepper peppers , the wide usage of citrus juice ..., cheese makers and orchard farmers, and so influenced the Creole cuisine in New Orleans and its ... and cafes. The first French, Spanish and Portuguese Creole cookbooks date back to the era before the Louisiana Purchase. The first Creole cookbook in English was La Cuisine Creole A Collection of Culinary Recipes, From Leading Chefs and Noted Creole Housewives, Who Have Made New Orleans Famous ... The Historic American Cookbook Project . ref By that time Creole was already an identifiable regional cuisine recognized outside Louisiana for example, an 1882 Florida hotel menu now in the New York Public Library s collection offered Chicken Saute, la Creole. ref http digitalgallery.nypl.org nypldigital ... la Creole ref Starting in the 1980s, Cajun influence became important, spurred by the popular restaurant ... this demand. The New New Orleans Cooking of celebrity chef Emeril Lagasse includes both Cajun and Creole dishes. In his writings and TV shows, Lagasse both draws the distinction between Cajun and Creole ... more details
Ethnic group poptime Unknown popplace Louisiana , East Texas , ref http www.ethnologue.com show language.asp?code lou LouisianaCreole French , Ethnologue.com Website, accessed 3 Feb 2009 ref Los Angeles ... langs LouisianaCreole French and American English rels Predominantly Roman Catholic related Cajun ... century, most spoke French. Derivation Historically the term Creole is not exclusive to Louisiana ... spoke LouisianaCreole French , and kept up many French social customs, modified by other parts of their ancestry ... native speakers of both Colonial French and LouisianaCreole French Louisiana Cr ole . The transfer ... or LouisianaCreole. Both mixed race and White LouisianaCreole peoples continue to be influenced ... Davis, Lafayette. Most Creoles have French or Spanish surnames. Cuisine Main LouisianaCreole cuisine Image Bozogumbo.jpg thumb right 200px Gumbo is a feature of Cajun and LouisianaCreole cuisine. LouisianaCreole cuisine is recognized as a unique style of cooking originating in New Orleans, Louisiana ... Creole, Gombo , in Louisiana French was the word used in West and Central Africa for the okra ... , in West Africa. Jambalaya is the second of the famous LouisianaCreole dishes. It also arose in the original ... on the prairies of southwest Louisiana in the 1920s. It is often considered the Creole music ... in LouisianaCreole French. Zydeco is related to Swamp Pop , Blues , Jazz , and Cajun music ... of Louisiana Creoles References Reflist External links http www.lib.lsu.edu special exhibits creole CreoleCity creolecity.html The Creole City , Louisiana State University Library Exhibit http www.yale.edu ... LouisianaCreole People Category Ethnic groups in the United States Louisiana Creoles Category Louisiana ... in the United States Native American groups This article is about an ethnic culture in Louisiana, USA. For uses of the term Creole in other countries and cultures, see Creole disambiguation . LouisianaCreole people traditionally are descended from French American French and Spanish American Spanish ... more details
wiktionarypar CreolecreoleCreole may refer to People TOCright Creole peoples various distinct ethnic groups mix of culture LouisianaCreole people Belizean Kriol people Sierra Leone Creole people Krio Dayak people , an ethnic group in West Kalimantan, Indonesia Mauritian Creole people Surinamese Creole people Haitian Creole people Languages Creole language , a stable, full fledged language that originated from a pidgin or combination of other languages. Creole languages subgroups may include Arabic based creole languages Dutch based creole languages English based creole languages French based creole languages Singdarin , Chinese based creole languages German based creole languages Malay based creole languages Ngbandi based creole languages Portuguese based creole languages Spanish based creole languages Specific creole languages include Haitian Creole language , French based, an official language of Haiti Mauritian Creole , French based, spoken in Mauritius LouisianaCreole French , spoken in Louisiana Belizean Kriol language , spoken in Belize Cape Verdean Creole , spoken on the islands ... Liberian Kreyol language , spoken in Liberia Seychellois Creole , French based, spoken in the Seychelles Guinea Bissau Creole , spoken in Guinea Bissau Negerhollands , a Dutch based creole, once spoken in the U.S. Virgin Islands Bislama , an English based creole, spoken in Vanuatu Llanito , a Spanish and English based creole, spoken in Gibraltar Bajan or Barbadian Creole, English based, spoken in Barbados Antillean Creole or Cr ole Martiniquais, French based, spoken in the Lesser Antilles Tok Pisin , an official language of Papua New Guinea Torres Strait Creole or Brokan, spoken in Far North East Australia, Torres Strait, and South West Papua Other uses LouisianaCreole cuisine , a style of cooking of the New Orleans area, Louisiana that blends many influences. Creole Love Call , a composition ... of pig from Haiti Zydeco , LouisianaCreole folk music CREOLE, a component model of the General ... more details
File Shrimp creole.jpg thumb Shrimp creole Shrimp creole is a dish of LouisianaLouisianaCreole cuisine Creole origin French people French , African people African and Spanish people Spanish Heritage , consisting of cooked shrimp in a mixture of whole or diced tomatoes, onion, celery and bell pepper, spiced with Tabasco sauce or another hot pepper sauce and or cayenne based seasoning, and served over steamed or boiled white rice. ref cite book title Joy of Cooking author Irma Rombauer, Marion Rombauer Becker, Ethan Becker year 1997 isbn 0684818701 pages page 519 ref The shrimp may be cooked in the mixture or cooked separately and added at the end. Other creole dishes may be made by substituting some other meat or seafood for the shrimp, or omitting the meat entirely. Shrimp are as delicate as eggs in regards cooking time. When they are overcooked, they have a tough and rubbery texture. Remove them from the heat when they just start to change color to pink. ref http 123recipes.com Recipe Cajun Shrimp Creole Detail Cajun Shrimp Creole Recipe at 123recipes.com ref Creole type dishes combine the qualities of a gumbo and a jambalaya . They are typically thicker and spicier than a gumbo, and the rice is prepared separately and used as a bed for the creole mixture, rather than cooked in the same pot as with a jambalaya. Creole dishes also do not contain broth or roux instead, the creole mixture is simmered to its desired degree of thickness. Apart from the foundation ingredients of onion, celery and bell pepper, creole dishes are free form improvisational dishes, as the basic recipe may be altered to include whatever ingredients the cook has available. References Reflist External links http www.nolacuisine.com 2008 04 13 shrimp creole recipe Shrimp Creole Recipe from Nola Cuisine Rice dishes Category American cuisine Category Louisiana cuisine Category Rice dishes Category Cuisine of New Orleans, Louisiana cuisine stub ... more details
The term French Creole can refer to Any of the French based creole languages The people and culture in former France French colonies such as Guadeloupe , Martinique , Louisiana , St.Lucia , Dominica and Saint Domingue the former French colony now known as Haiti which is the west part of Hispaniola where French settled in 1625 France confirmed the name at the 1697 Treaty of Ryswick . Descendants of Ethnic groups in Europe European plantation owners in Trinidad and Tobago colonized by first by Spain and later Great Britain and Saint Lucia first colonized by France and simultaneously controlled by Great Britain and France. A type of architectural style built to withstand the hot and wet climate and used predominantly in United States American residential buildings that developed near the beginning of the 18th century in the valley of the Mississippi, especially Louisiana . It borrows heavily from the traditions of the Caribbean Creole architecture, which predated it. See also LouisianaCreole people disambig ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 File Creole Mustard.jpg thumb Creole Mustard is a condiment found most commonly in the Southeastern region of the United States , specifically Louisiana . A staple in Cuisine of the Southern United States New Orleans style cuisine , which is a blend of Spanish, French, African and German influences, Creole mustard owes its grainy appearance and distinctive tang to a higher concentration of flavorful mustard seed s as compared to other Mustard plant mustard varieties. Creole mustard is a versatile condiment featured on po boy sandwiches and used in sauce s, Salad dressing dressings and Dip food dips for everything from vegetable s to salad s to pretzel s and chips. It can be used to create a marinade for meats, and can be incorporated into seafood dishes, such as crab cake s, battered seafood or served as a Glaze cooking technique glaze or dipping sauce, as well. It is also the key ingredient found in New Orleans style or Creole cuisine Creole style remoulade sauce. Category Louisiana cuisine es Mostaza criolla ... more details
Creole music applies to two genres of music from south LouisianaCreole folk and black Creole . Creole ... chapter Chapters IX, X, XI concentrate on LouisianaCreole music, dance, and patois, with comparisons ... 1921 Creole music melodies BB Bayou Ballads Twelve Folk Songs from Louisiana ref name Bayou Ballads ... location New York year 1921 ref 1939 Creole music melodies LF Louisiana French Folk Songs ref ... pieces based on Creole tunes that had a tremendous success in Europe and that I have called the Louisiana ... Contemporary Louisiana Cajun, Creole and Zydeco Musicians . Among the many pages, under the auspices of Louisiana State University Eunice, are tributes to black Creole musicians http www.lsue.edu ... Perspective in Music , vo. 7, no. 1 Spring, 1979 81 94. Camille Nickerson, Africo Creole Music in Louisiana a thesis on the plantation songs created by the Creole negroes of Louisiana , Oberlin College ... Contemporary Louisiana Cajun, Creole and Zydeco Musicians , from Louisiana State University ... DEFAULTSORT Creole Music Category Music of Louisiana Category LouisianaCreole ..., and some found their way into works by Louisiana composers such as Louis Moreau Gottschalk , Basil Bar s , Camille Nickerson , and Moses Hogan . Black Creole is preserved primarily in the form of recordings rather than sheet music. Along with Cajun music , black Creole music played a role in early development of la la, zydeco , and swamp pop . Creole folk music One possible definition of Creole folk music is this Creole music melodies melodies , sometimes including dance related instrumental accompaniments, sung in French patois by Creole people of French and African descent however, this depends on a definition of Creole people, which is notoriously problematic. A simpler definition, in view of the relatively few Creole folk melodies that have survived, is this music represented as Creole ... class wikitable Date Code Compilation 1867 Creole music melodies SS Slave Songs of the United ... more details
, but this is not the traditional Louisiana usage. Originally it referred to people of French and then Spanish descent who were born in Louisiana, to distinguish them from immigrants. Later Creole was sometimes used as well to refer to people of African descent born in Louisiana. Later the terms were differentiated, by French Creole European ancestry and LouisianaCreole meaning someone of mixed racial ancestry . Contemporary usage has broadened the meaning of LouisianaCreole people Louisiana ... background. Louisianians who identify themselves as Creole are most commonly from historically French language Francophone communities, with some ancestors who came to Louisiana either directly from France or via the French colonies in the Caribbean . Many Louisianacreole families arrived in Louisiana ... creoleCreole Heritage Center , also about the Louisiana Creoles http kiskeyacity.blogspot.com ...About the peoples the languages Creole languages other meanings Creole disambiguation The term Creole ... Pacific rim. ref http www.spiritus temporis.com creole alaska creole.html ref ref http rocinak.sasktelwebsite.net ... settlement of the colonies, children born of immigrants in the colonies were often referred to as creole ... 387JNEjpczQC&pg PA9&lpg PA9 First Generations Women in Colonial America , Carol Berkin ref Louisiana Main LouisianaCreole people In the United States , the word Creole refers to people of any race or mixture thereof who are descended from settlers in colonial Louisiana New France French Louisiana before it became part of the United States in 1803 with the Louisiana Purchase . Some writers from other ... concurrently with Napoleon s Louisiana Purchase for his French King. With the French Revolution ... finally arrived in the French governed and purchased Louisiana Colony where their descendents can be traced to date. New Orleans and the surrounding river parishes are the mainstays of Creole culture. The language however is a dying form. Spoken creole is dying with the dissolution of Creole families ... more details
Infobox Language name Agalega Creole nativename Kreol states Agalega Islands speakers 1,000 familycolor Creole fam1 Creole language fam2 French based creole languages French Creole fam3 Bourbonnais Creole s iso2 iso3 Agalega Creole is a French based creole languages French based creole language spoken in Agalega Islands Agalega . It has been heavily influenced by both Mauritian Creole and Seychellois Creole , as well as Malagasy language Malagasy . The total population of speakers number just under 1,000. Category French based pidgins and creoles de Agalega Kreolisch ... more details
File MadamJohnsLegacyLakeward1.jpg 300px thumb Madame John s Legacy in New Orleans, Louisiana . Built in 1788, it is a prototypical example of the style. Creole cottage is a term loosely used to refer to a type of vernacular architecture vernacular architecture indigenous to the Gulf Coast of the United States . Within this building type comes a series of variations. An expanded version of this type of building is commonly referred to as Gulf Coast cottage , with the distinctions noted below. The style was a dominant house type along the central Gulf Coast from about 1790 to 1840 in the former settlements of Louisiana New France French Louisiana in Alabama , Louisiana , and Mississippi . The style is popularly thought to have evolved from France French and Spain Spanish colonial house forms, although the true origins are unclear. This type of house was common along the Gulf Coast and associated rivers in the 19th century with a few scattered examples found as far west as Houston, Texas and as far east as northern Florida , though the majority of structures are found in southern Louisiana eastward to Mobile, Alabama . ref Gamble, Robert Historic architecture in Alabama a guide to styles ... version of a Creole cottage. Their central hall usually has a central entrance. End gable chimneys are often ... line. ref name gamble2 In the city of New Orleans the term Creole cottage tends to be more ... of a full front porch. ref name AP cite web title Creole Cottage work Architectural Patrimony url ... form for a Creole cottage in New Orleans. File Williamsburg Natchez Mississippi.jpg Williamsburg, a Creole cottage in Natchez, Mississippi . File Portierhouse.jpg The Bishop Portier House , a transition from the Creole cottage to the Gulf Coast cottage with Federal style details, in Mobile ... Street Creole Cottages Commonscat Creole cottages References reflist Category Creole cottage Category House styles Category House types Category French Colonial architecture Creole ... more details
Col n Creole is a language spoken in Panama . Col n Creole is similar to varieties such as Lim n Coastal Creole , Miskito Coastal Creole M skito Coastal Creole , and Belizean Kriol language Belizean Creole Kriol . The number of speakers of Col n Creole is below 300,000 http www.ethnologue.com show country.asp?name Panama . Col n Creole does not have the status of an official language. See also Bajan Bermudian English Jamaican English Category English based pidgins and creoles Category Languages of Panama pidgincreole lang stub Anglophone Caribbean Creoles ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Infobox Language name Vincentian Creole states Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Saint Vincent speakers familycolor Creole fam1 Creole language fam2 English based creole languages English Creole fam3 Atlantic fam4 Eastern fam5 Southern iso2 none iso3 svc notice nonotice Vincentian Creole is a Creole language spoken in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Saint Vincent . The number of speakers of Vincentian Creole is at about 100,000. Vincentian Creole does not have the status of an official language. See also Antiguan Creole Belizean Creole Jamaican Patois Bajan Bermudian English Jamaican English Antillean Creole Anglophone Caribbean Creoles Category Languages of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Category English based pidgins and creoles Category Languages of the Caribbean Pidgincreole lang stub SaintVincent stub sh Vincentski kreolski jezik ... more details
A creole language , or simply a creole , is a stable, natural language that originates from a pidgin ... of a creole language consists of cognate s from the parent languages, though there are often .... For example, Jamaican Patois Jamaican Creole features largely English words superimposed on West African grammar. Overview A creole is believed to arise when a pidgin , developed by adults for use ... . ref Harvcoltxt Wardhaugh 2002 p 61 ref The pidgin creole life cycle was studied by Robert ... language. Linguists now recognize that creole formation is a universal phenomenon, not limited to the European ... 2003 . For example, in 1933 Sigmund Feist postulated Germanic substrate hypothesis a creole origin for the Germanic languages . History Origin The English language English term creole comes from French ... africanos born in Africa . Over time, the term and its derivatives Creole, Kreyol , Kriol , Krio ... locally from immigrant communities. Originally, therefore, the term creole language meant the speech of any of those creole peoples . Geographic distribution As a consequence of colonial European trade patterns, most of the known European based creole languages arose in the equatorial belt around ... Creole languages are based on European languages with elements from African and possibly Amerind languages. Indian Ocean Creole languages are based on European languages with elements from Malagasy ... status Because of the generally low status of the Creole peoples in the eyes of prior European colonial powers, creole languages have generally been regarded as degenerate languages, or at best ... creole was generally used by linguists in opposition to language , rather than as a qualifier ... instability of the colonialism colonial system , leading to the disappearance of creole languages, mainly ... 1977 . ref Another factor that may have contributed to the relative neglect of creole languages ... century, creole languages have experienced revivals in the past few decades. They are increasingly ... more details
Infobox Language name Rodriguan Creole nativename Kreol Rodriguais states Rodrigues island Rodrigues speakers 40,000 familycolor Creole fam1 Creole language fam2 French based creole languages French Creole fam3 Bourbonnais Creole s iso2 iso3 Rodriguan Creole is a French based creole language spoken on the island of Rodrigues island Rodrigues in the Indian Ocean . The total number of speakers is estimated at 40,000. On the island of Rodrigues, like in the rest of the republic of Mauritius , English is the official language and French is also spoken. Category Rodrigues Category Languages of Mauritius Category French based pidgins and creoles de Rodriguais fr Cr ole rodriguais is Rodrig ska ce Rodrigehoyn mott ... more details
Infobox film name King Creole image King Creole poster.jpg caption producer Hal B. Wallis director Michael Curtiz br Michael D. Moore 2nd unit writer Harold Robbins novel br Herbert Baker screenwriter Herbert Baker & Michael V. Gazzo screenwriters starring Elvis Presley br Carolyn Jones br Walter Matthau music Walter Scharf cinematography Russell Harlan editing Warren Low distributor Paramount Pictures Paramount released July 2, 1958 runtime 116 min. language English language English preceded by Jailhouse Rock movie Jailhouse Rock followed by G.I. Blues King Creole is an United States American motion picture directed by Michael Curtiz , released by Paramount Pictures on July 2, 1958. ref name .... ref name Elvis Enc 286 King Creole was said to have been Presley s favorite role of his entire career ... of Presley fans who were more eager to see him sing than act. ref name Elvis Enc 286 King Creole ... Day by Day, p.120 ref Twelve days after the completion of King Creole , Presley was officially inducted into the U.S. Army. Soundtrack Main King Creole album Trivia Trivia date February 2010 James ... Creole and the Coconuts . The Leiber Stoller song Trouble was recorded by the band Samhain band Samhain ... EP. Ranked 9th top grossing films of 1958 in film A poster for King Creole appears in the 2007 ... 0051818 King Creole Movie Reviews http apolloguide.com mov fullrev.asp?CID 2189&Specific 991 Review ... King Creole, Blue Hawaii, G.I. Blues, Fun in Acapulco, Roustabout, Girls Girls Girls , Paradise, Hawaiian ... based on novels Category Films shot in New Orleans, Louisiana Category 1950s drama films Category American drama films Category Films set in Louisiana Category 1950s musical films da King Creole de Mein Leben ist der Rhythmus et King Creole fr Bagarres au King Cr ole it La via del male film 1958 hu Creole kir ly nl King Creole pl Kr l Kreol pt King Creole filme ru fi Kitara kainalossa sv King Creole ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Infobox Language name Montserrat Creole states Montserrat speakers familycolor Creole fam1 Creole language fam2 English based creole languages English Creole fam3 Atlantic fam4 Eastern fam5 Southern iso2 none iso3 aig notice nonotice Montserrat Creole is a Creole language spoken in Montserrat . The number of speakers of Montserrat Creole is below 10,000. Montserrat Creole does not have the status of an official language. See also Bajan Bermudian English Jamaican English Saint Kitts Creole Anglophone Caribbean Creoles Category Montserratian society Category English based pidgins and creoles Category Languages of the Caribbean Montserrat stub Pidgincreole lang stub ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Infobox Language name Anguillan Creole states Anguilla speakers familycolor Creole fam1 Creole language fam2 English based creole languages English Creole fam3 Atlantic fam4 Eastern fam5 Southern iso2 none iso3 aig notice nonotice Anguillan Creole is an English based creole spoken on Anguilla , an island and British Overseas Territory in the Caribbean . It is similar to varieties of Virgin Islands Creole . The number of speakers of Anguillan Creole is below 10,000. Anguillan Creole does not have the status of an official language. See also Bajan Bermudian English Jamaican English Anglophone Caribbean Creoles Category Anguillan society Category English based pidgins and creoles Category Languages of the Caribbean Pidgincreole lang stub Anguilla stub lt Angilijos kreol kalba ... more details
Infobox Language name Chagossian Creole nativename Kreol Ilois states Mauritius , Seychelles speakers 3,000 familycolor Creole fam1 Creole language fam2 French based creole languages French Creole fam3 Bourbonnais Creole s iso2 iso3 Chagossian Creole also Kreol Ilois or just Ilois is a French based creole languages French based Creole spoken by the 3,000 or so Ilois Chagossians , the former inhabitants of the Chagos Archipelago . It is currently spoken mainly in Mauritius and the Seychelles . There is also a small minority speaking it in the United Kingdom . linguistics stub BritishIndianOcean stub Category French based pidgins and creoles Category Culture of the British Indian Ocean Territory de Tschagos Kreolisch fr Chagossien ko ... more details
Orphan date February 2009 The Creole Renaissance is a movement which established Creole language Creole as legitimate literary language, started in large part by authors like Felix Morisseau Leroy , who struggled successfully to make Haitian Creole language Haitian Kreyol the literary, educational, and official language of Haiti . This grew, in part, out of the Negritude and Haitian Indigenism movements and the Harlem Renaissance . http www.leftcurve.org LC23webPages memoriam.html Creole Renaissance memorium culture stub Category History of Haiti ... more details
Infobox Language name Grenadian Creole states Grenada speakers 89,227 ref name autogenerated1 http www.ethnologue.com show language.asp?code gcl Ethnologue report for language code gcl Bot generated title ref familycolor Creole fam1 Creole language fam2 English based creole languages English Creole fam3 Atlantic fam4 Eastern fam5 Southern iso2 none iso3 gcl notice nonotice Grenadian Creole, or Grenadian Creole English, is a Creole language spoken in Grenada . It is a member of the Southern branch of English based Eastern Atlantic Creoles, along with Antiguan Creole Antigua and Barbuda , Bajan Barbados , Guyanese Creole Guyana , Tobagonian Creole , Trinidadian Creole Trinidad and Tobago , Vincentian Creole Saint Vincent and the Grenadines , and Virgin Islands Creole Virgin Islands . ref http www.ethnologue.com show family.asp?subid 90706 Ethnologue report for Southern Bot generated title ref It is the native language of nearly all inhabitants of Grenada, or approximately 89,000 native speakers. ref name autogenerated1 Grenadian Creole may also refer to Grenadian French Creole which is considered the same language as Antillean Creole Saint Lucian French Creole . ref http www.ethnologue.com show language.asp?code acf Ethnologue report for language code acf Bot generated title ref History The first successful settlement by a western colonial power was in 1650, when the France French established friendly contact with the native Caribs . The Great Britain British took control of the island in the 18th century, and ruled until its independence in 1974. ref http grenadaguide.com History.htm Grenada History Bot generated title ref Despite the long history of British rule, Grenada s French heritage is still evidenced by the number of French loanword s in Grenadian Creole. ref http www.grenada history.org french.htm French Creole in Grenada Bot generated title ref See also Bajan Bermudian English Jamaican Creole Trinidadian Creole Virgin Islands Creole References reflist External ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Cayman Creole is an English based creole language spoken on Cayman Islands in the Caribbean . The number of speakers of Cayman Creole is below 100,000. Cayman Creole does not have the status of an official language. See also Bajan Bermudian English Jamaican English Anglophone Caribbean Creoles Category Languages of the Cayman Islands Category Caymanian society Category English based pidgins and creoles Category Languages of the Caribbean Pidgincreole lang stub ... more details
Infobox Language name Tobagonian Creole states Tobago speakers familycolor Creole fam1 Creole language fam2 English based creole languages English Creole fam3 Atlantic fam4 Eastern fam5 Southern iso2 none iso3 tgh notice nonotice Tobagonian is a creole language and the generally spoken language in Tobago . It is distinct from Trinidadian Creole and closer to other Lesser Antilles Lesser Antillean English based creoles. See also Trinidadian English References James, Winford, 2001 http www.trinicenter.com winford 412001.htm Di NAR Nuh Deh een . James, Winford 2001, http www.triniview.com winford 2942001.htm A Signature of Tobagonian Speech . Category Languages of Trinidad and Tobago Category Tobago Category English based pidgins and creoles pidgincreole lang stub Trinidad stub Anglophone Caribbean Creoles ... more details
Brava Creole is the name given to the variant of Cape Verdean Creole spoken mainly in the Brava, Cape Verde Brava Island of Cape Verde . It belongs to the Sotavento Creoles branch. The speakers of this form of Capeverdean Creole are 8,000 Fact date April 2007 . One of the least spoken being seventh place and one of the firsts to have written literature, in which Eug nio Tavares wrote some of his poems. Characteristics Besides the main characteristics of Sotavento Creoles the Brava Creole has also the following ones The progressive aspect of the present is formed by putting st before the verbs st V . The sound that originates from Portuguese IPA w written o is IPA rather than IPA . For example, cora IPA ko s , not cora IPA ko s heart m IPA m , not m IPA m hand raz IPA z , not raz IPA z reason . Vocabulary main Cape Verdean Creole Vocabulary Grammar main Cape Verdean Creole Grammar Phonology main Cape Verdean Creole Phonology Alphabet main Cape Verdean Creole Writing system External links http www.bcv.cv conteudo dinheiro nota 1999 2000.htm A short poem in Brava Crioulo on a Cape Verde banknote. References Main Cape Verdean Creole References Cape Verdean Creole Category Brava, Cape Verde pt Crioulo da Brava ... more details
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