Americas • Varieties with
progressive aspect marker
ape, derived from
après •
Haitian Creole (
Kreyòl ayisyen, locally called Creole) is a language spoken primarily in
Haiti: the largest French-derived language in the world, with an estimated total of 12 million fluent speakers. It is also the most-spoken creole language in the world and is based largely on 17th-century French with influences from Portuguese, Spanish, English,
Taíno, and
West African languages. It is an official language in Haiti. •
Louisiana Creole (
Kréyol la Lwizyàn, locally called
Kourí-Viní and Creole), the
Louisiana creole language. •
Mon Louis Island Creole, closely related to Louisiana Creole, spoken by the mixed-race community on
Mon Louis Island,
Alabama until the death of its last speakers in the 1980s. • Varieties with
progressive aspect marker
ka •
Antillean Creole, spoken in the
Lesser Antilles, particularly in
Guadeloupe,
Martinique,
Saint Lucia and
Dominica. Although all of the creoles spoken on these islands are considered to be the same language, there are noticeable differences between the dialects of each island. •
French Guianese Creole is a language spoken in
French Guiana, and to a lesser degree in
Suriname and
Guyana. It is closely related to
Antillean Creole, but there are some noteworthy differences between the two. •
Karipúna French Creole, spoken in Brazil, mostly in the state of
Amapá. It was developed by Amerindians, with possible influences from immigrants from neighboring
French Guiana and French territories of the Caribbean and with a recent lexical
adstratum from Portuguese. •
Lanc-Patuá, spoken more widely in the state of
Amapá, is a variety of the former, possibly the same language.
Indian Ocean • Varieties with
progressive aspect marker
ape – subsumed under a common classification as
Bourbonnais Creoles •
Mauritian Creole, spoken in
Mauritius (locally
Kreol) •
Agalega creole, spoken in
Agaléga Islands •
Chagossian creole, spoken by the former population of the
Chagos Archipelago •
Réunion Creole, spoken in
Réunion •
Rodriguan creole, spoken on the island of
Rodrigues •
Seychellois Creole, spoken everywhere in the Seychelles and locally known as Kreol seselwa. It is the national language and shares official status with English and French.
Pacific •
Tayo, spoken in
New Caledonia Asia •
Tây Bồi Pidgin French, formerly spoken in
Indochina ==See also==