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    Portuguese creoles (Portuguese: crioulo) are creole languages which have Portuguese as their substantial lexifier. The most widely-spoken creoles influenced...
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  • languages, creole languages which have Portuguese as superstrate language Spanish-based creole languages, a number of creole languages are based on the Spanish...
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    A Spanish creole (Spanish: criollo), or Spanish-based creole language, is a creole language (contact language with native speakers) for which Spanish...
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    million speakers of some form of French-based creole languages. Haitian Creole is the most spoken creole language in the world, with over 12 million speakers...
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    dispute whether Papiamento was derived from Portuguese and its derived Portuguese-based creole languages or from Spanish. Historical constraints, core...
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  • Cape Verdean Creole is a Portuguese-based creole language spoken on the islands of Cape Verde. It is the native creole language of virtually all Cape Verdeans...
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    Forro Creole (forro) or Sãotomense (santomense) is a Portuguese-based creole language spoken in São Tomé and Príncipe. It should not be confused with...
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    creoles: Papiamento — based mostly on Portuguese and Spanish, spoken in Aruba, Bonaire and Curaçao. Saramaccan — based mostly on English, Portuguese,...
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    The creole languages of Upper Guinea are the oldest-known creoles whose lexicons derive heavily from Portuguese. They first appeared around Portuguese settlements...
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  • from Portuguese papear cristão ("to chat Christian"). The papia element of the name is cognate with Papiamento, another Portuguese-based creole spoken...
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    the language was spread to areas in Africa, the Americas, and Asia, beyond East Timor and Macau in the Far East. Portuguese-based creole languages also...
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    A creole language, or simply creole, is a stable natural language that develops from the process of different languages simplifying and mixing into a...
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  • Korlai Portuguese is an Indo-Portuguese creole based on the Portuguese language, spoken by approximately 1,000 inhabitants of the Korlai village at the...
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  • Bidau Creole Portuguese, also known as Timor Pidgin was a Portuguese-based creole language that was spoken in Bidau [tet], Nain Feto, an eastern suburb...
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    (eds.), The survey of pidgin and creole languages. Volume 2: Portuguese-based, Spanish-based, and French-based Languages". Oxford University Press. 2: 252–253...
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  • are a number of Portuguese-based creole languages and Spanish-based creole languages, for instance Papiamento. Like all Romance languages, the Iberian Romance...
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    the Portuguese arrived. The Diu Indo-Portuguese or Diu Portuguese is spoken in Diu district, India. It is a creole language based mainly on Portuguese and...
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    (Haitian Creole: kreyòl), is a French-based creole language spoken by 10 to 12 million people worldwide, and is one of the two official languages of Haiti...
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  • Bengali Portuguese Creole[citation needed] (Portuguese: Crioulo português bengali) was an Indo-Portuguese creole spoken in various cities in Bengal: Calcutta...
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  • Indo-Portuguese, Ceylonese Portuguese Creole or Sri Lankan Portuguese Creole (SLPC) is a language spoken in Sri Lanka. While the predominant languages of...
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  • the other creole language spoken on the island. It is a Portuguese-based creole language different from other Portuguese-based creole languages in Africa...
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  • Indo-Portuguese creoles are the several Portuguese creoles spoken in the erstwhile Portuguese Indian settlements, Cochin Portuguese Creole, Fort Bassein...
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  • and other Gbe languages, as well as Akan and Central African languages such as Kikongo. The language is derived from Plantation Creole, which is nowadays...
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  • that has been shaped over time. The emergence of creole languages, frequently associated with Creole ethnicity, is a separate phenomenon. In specific...
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  • called Jamaican Creole by linguists) is an English-based creole language with influences from West African, Arawak, Spanish and other languages, spoken primarily...
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    (a Portuguese and Spanish-based Creole language) (official and most spoken language of Aruba, Bonaire and Curaçao) There are also a number of creoles and...
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    ). "Louisiana Creole". The Survey of Pidgin and Creole Languages Volume II: Portuguese-based, Spanish-based, and French-based Languages. UK: Oxford University...
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    Pidgin & Creole Languages, Volume II: Portuguese-based, Spanish-based, and French-based Languages . London: Oxford UP. French Guianese Creole at Ethnologue...
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    Antillean Creole (also known as Lesser Antillean Creole) is a French-based creole that is primarily spoken in the Lesser Antilles. Its grammar and vocabulary...
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    Principe with Portuguese-based creoles (Upper Guinea and Gulf of Guinea Creoles), but Portuguese continues to be the official language of these countries...
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