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Guyanese Creole ( Creolese by its speakers or simply Guyanese) is an English-based creole language spoken by the Guyanese people. Linguistically, it is similar to other English dialects of the Caribbean region, based on 19th-century English and has loan words from West African, Indian - South Asian, Arawakan, and older Dutch languages.
Belter Creole, also simply known as Belter (Belter Creole: lang belta), is a constructed language developed by the linguist and polyglot Nick Farmer for The Expanse television series. In the universe, it was spoken by Belters, inhabitants of the asteroid belt and the moons of outer planets of the Solar System .
A creole language, [ 2][ 3][ 4] or simply creole, is a stable natural language that develops from the process of different languages simplifying and mixing into a new form (often a pidgin ), and then that form expanding and elaborating into a full-fledged language with native speakers, all within a fairly brief period. [ 5]
Languages used at home by Torres Strait Islanders in localities with significant share of Torres Strait islander population. Torres Strait Creole (Torres Strait Creole: Yumplatok), also known as Torres Strait Pidgin, Brokan/Broken, Cape York Creole, Lockhart Creole, Kriol, Papuan, Broken English, Blaikman, Big Thap, Pizin, and Ailan Tok, is an English-based creole language (a variety of Pidgin ...
Liberian Kreyol. Liberian Kreyol (also known as Kolokwa or Liberian Kolokwa English) is an Atlantic English-based creole language spoken in Liberia. [1] It was spoken by 1,500,000 people as a second language at the 1984 census which accounted for about 70% of the population at the time. It is historically and linguistically related to Merico, a ...
Trinidadian English Creole is an English-based creole language commonly spoken throughout the island of Trinidad in Trinidad and Tobago. It is distinct from Tobagonian Creole – particularly at the basilectal level [ 2] – and from other Lesser Antillean English creoles. English is the country's official language (the national standard ...
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. [ 1] Most English creoles were formed in British colonies, following the great expansion ...
Ghanaian Pidgin English (GhaPE) [ 2] is a Ghanaian English- lexifier pidgin also known as Pidgin, Broken English, and Kru English ( kroo brofo in Akan ). GhaPE is a regional variety of West African Pidgin English [ 3] spoken in Ghana, predominantly in the southern capital, Accra, and surrounding towns. [ 2] It is confined to a smaller section ...