A creole language is a stable natural language developed from a mixture of different languages. Unlike a pidgin, a simplified form that develops as a means of communication between two or more groups, a creole language is a complete language, used in a community and acquired by children as their native language. This list of creole languages links to Wikipedia articles about languages that linguistic sources identify as creoles. The "subgroups" list links to Wikipedia articles about language groups defined by the languages from which their vocabulary is drawn.
Arabic-based creole languages Bongor Arabic Juba Arabic Nubi Arabic
Assamese-based creole languages Nagamese creole, ("Naga Pidgin") is an Assamese-lexified creole language which, depending on location, has also been described and classified as an "extended pidgin" or "pidgincreole", Spoken natively by an estimated 30,000 people in the Indian northeastern state of Nagaland, India. Nefamese (or Arunamese) is a pidgin of Arunachal Pradesh (formerly NEFA), India. Its classification is unclear; Ethnologue states that it is based on the Assamese language, but also that it is most closely related to the Sino-Tibetan Gallong like the Assamese language formed out by the mixture of languages like Austroasiatic, Tibeto-Burman, Tai and Indo-European family of languages.
Bengali-based creole languages Bishnupriya Manipuri, a creole of Bengali language and Meitei language (officially known as Manipuri language)
Hindi-based creole languages Andaman Creole Hindi Arunachali Hindi Bombay Hindi Fiji Hindi Haflong Hindi
Malay-based creole languages See list of Malay creole languages
English-based creole languages Africa Cameroonian Creole, English, French and Native Cameroonian language based Krio language, English-based creole spoken throughout the nation of Sierra Leone Liberian Kreyol language, spoken in Liberia Nigerian Creole, English based creole or pidgin spoken in Nigeria Americas Antiguan and Barbudan Creole, English-based, spoken throughout the Leeward Islands Anguillan Creole, spoken on the island of Anguilla Barbudan Creole, spoken on the island of Barbuda Kokoy, spoken on the island of Dominica Montserrat Creole, spoken on the island of Montserrat North Antiguan Creole, spoken in the northern regions of the island of Antigua Saint Kitts Creole, spoken on the island of St. Kitts South Antiguan Creole, spoken in Saint Mary parish and the village of Swetes on the island of Antigua Bahamian Creole, English Creole spoken in The Bahamas Bajan Creole or Barbadian Creole, English-based, spoken in Barbados Belizean Creole, English-based creole spoken in Belize Gullah language, spoken in the coastal region of the US states of North and South Carolina, Georgia and northeast Florida Guyanese Creole, English-based, spoken in Guyana Jamaican Patois, English-based creole, spoken in Jamaica Ndyuka, English-based creole spoken in Suriname, the only creole that uses its own alphabet, called the Afaka script San Andrés–Providencia Creole, English-based creole spoken in (San Andrés and Providencia islands), Colombia Trinidadian Creole, English-based, spoken in Trinidad Saramaccan, English-based creole language of Suriname with vocabulary built based mainly on English, but also Portuguese, and West and Central African languages Sranan Tongo, English-based creole language and (lingua franca) spoken in Suriname Asia Manglish, English-based, spoken in Malaysia Singlish, English-based, spoken in Singapore Europe Angloromani, English-based, spoken in the United Kingdom Oceania Australian Kriol, English-based, spoken in parts of Western Australia, Northern Territory, and Northern Queensland Bislama, an English-based creole, national and official language of Vanuatu Bonin English, an English-based creole spoken in the Ogasawara Islands of Japan Hawaiian Creole or Pidgin, a mixture of Native Hawaiian and American English similar to Tok Pisin Pitkern, Norfuk Spoken on the Pitcairn Islands and Norfolk Islands 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
Dutch-based creole languages Americas:
Berbice Creole Dutch, formerly spoken in the Berbice region of Guyana; extinct as of 2005 with the death of Bertha Bell. Jersey Dutch, formerly spoken by original settlers of New Netherland, as well Black people and Native Americans in the region of Bergen, Hudson, and Passaic counties; extinct as of 1960s. Mohawk Dutch, formerly spoken in the area around Albany, New York, by Dutch settlers, the Mohawk nation, and people of Dutch and Mohawk descent; extinct as of early 1900s. Negerhollands, formerly spoken in the Danish West Indies, now the U.S. Virgin Islands; extinct as of 1987 with the death of Alice Stevens. Skepi Creole Dutch, formerly spoken in the Essequibo region of Guyana, extinct as of 1998. Asian:
Javindo and Petjo, spoken by Indo people in Java, is likely extinct or endangered.
French-based creole languages Antillean Creole, French-based creole spoken in the French West Indies Dominican Creole French Grenadian Creole French Saint Lucian Creole, French-based creole spoken in Saint Lucia Bourbonnais Creoles, French-based creoles spoken in the Mascarene Islands, with influence from English, Portuguese, Hindi, Tamil and Malagasy Agalega Creole Chagossian Creole Mauritian Creole Reunion Creole Rodriguan Creole Seychellois Creole Chiac, French, English, Eastern Algonquian based, spoken in communities in The Maritimes of Canada Guianan Creole, French-based creole spoken in French Guiana Haitian Creole, French-based, an official language of Haiti Louisiana Creole, French-based, spoken in Louisiana Michif, French and Cree based, spoken by groups of the Métis People in Canada. Karipúna French Creole, spoken by the Karipuna people of Amapa, Brazil.
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