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Antillean Creole is a French-lexified creole language spoken primarily in the Lesser Antilles. Antillean Creole is related to Haitian Creole, but has a number of distinctive features. The language was formerly more widely spoken in the Lesser Antilles, but it has mostly vanished from Tobago and the number of speakers is declining in Grenada. In Dominica, there are efforts to preserve pride in Creole. // A creole language, or just creole, is a well-defined and stable language that originated from a non-trivial combination of two or more languages, typically with many distinctive features that are not inherited from either parent. ...
The Lesser Antilles are part of the Antilles, which together with the Bahamas form the West Indies. ...
Haitian Creole (Kreyòl ayisyen) is a creole language based on the French language. ...
The Lesser Antilles are part of the Antilles, which together with the Bahamas form the West Indies. ...
Castara village beach looking south, Tobago Tobago is the smaller of the two main islands that make up the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. ...
Islands in which French Antillean Creole is Spoken
Dominica, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Saint-Barthélemy (St. Barts), Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent, Trinidad, Tobago. Gustavia Harbor, St. ...
Trinidad (Spanish, Trinity) is the largest and most populous of the 23 islands which make up the country of Trinidad and Tobago. ...
Castara village beach looking south, Tobago Tobago is the smaller of the two main islands that make up the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. ...
Examples - Good morning or hello is Boujou /bozu/.
- Please is Souplé /su plɛ/.
- Thank you is Mèsi /mɛsi/.
- Excuse me is eskizé mwen.
- Rain is falling is Lapli ka tombé
- Today is a nice/beautiful day isJodijou-a sé yonn bel jou-a
- How are you/how are you keeping is Sa ka fèt?
- Anne is my sister/mother is "Anne sé sè/manman mwen"
- Andy is my brother/father/husband is "Andy ce fwè/papa/nonm mwen"
See also | Languages derived from French see also French-based creole languages | | In the Americas: Haitian Creole (kreyòl ayisyen) • Michif • Lanc-Patuá • Antillean Creole • Louisiana Creole (kreyol lwiziyen)
In Africa: Seychellois Creole (Kreol) • Mauritian Creole • Réunion Creole In Asia: Tây Bồi Swadesh list of 207 words in English and Antillean Creole (chiefly from Martinique) (to be completed). ...
French (français, langue française) is one of the most important Romance languages, outnumbered in speakers only by Spanish and Portuguese. ...
A French creole, more properly French-based creole language, is a creole language with substantial influence from the French language. ...
Haitian Creole (kreyòl ayisyen) is a creole language based on the French language. ...
Michif (also Mitchif, Mechif, Michif-Cree, Métif, Métchif) is the language of the Métis people of Canada and the northern United States, who are the descendants of First Nations women (mainly Cree, Nakota and Ojibwe) and fur trade workers of European ancestry (mainly French Canadians). ...
Lanc-Patuá is a creole language spoken in the state of Amapá in Brazil, primarily around the capital, Macapá. It is a French-based creole, spoken by immigrants from French Guiana and the Caribbean, and their descendants. ...
Louisiana Creole French (Kreyol Lwiziyen) is a French-based creole spoken in Louisiana. ...
Seychellois Creole, also known as Kreol, is the lingua franca of the Seychelles, as well as being an official language with English and French, unlike Mauritian Creole, which has no official status in Mauritius. ...
Mauritian Creole is a creole language or dialect from Mauritius. ...
Réunion Creole is a language spoken on Réunion Island. ...
Tây Bồi, sometimes called Vietnamese French, is an extinct French pidgin spoken in Vietnam. ...
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