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A CreoleLanguage is a PidginLanguage that has developed and become the mother tongue for a community of people. This process is called 'creolization' and results in an expanded vocabulary and grammar structure that allow for communication as rich and complex as that of non_creole languages. While pidgins are regarded as reduced languages, creoles are considered expanded languages. That is, while pidgins develop to enable communication in relatively isolated domains, creoles allow for a full range of expressive possibilities on a par with more 'recognized' languages.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
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| Instances | BerbiceCreoleDutchLanguage | The BerbiceCreoleDutchLanguage is a DutchBasedCreoleLanguage of Guyana. SIL code: BRC. ISO 639-2: crp. Population: 4 or 5 speakers (1993 S. Kouwenberg), 15 with limited competence (1989 J. Holm). Region: Berbice River area. Comments: Speakers claim it is not inherently intelligible with Skepi or Rupununi. About 1/3 of the basic lexicon and, most of the productive morphology is from Eastern Ijo in Nigeria; most of the rest of the lexicon is from Dutch, 10% loans from Arawak and Guyanese Creole English. Speakers are bilingual in Guyanese, which has influenced Berbice considerably. Grammar. SVO. Nearly extinct.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/) |
| | DutchCreoleLanguage | The DutchCreoleLanguage is a DutchBasedCreoleLanguage of the UnitedStatesVirginIslands. SIL code: DCR. ISO 639-2: crp. Region: Formerly in Leeward Islands, U.S. Virgin Islands, St. Thomas, St. John, Puerto Rico. Alternate names: NEGERHOLLANDS. Comments: The last speaker died recently. There may be some remaining second language speakers. Extinct. NT 1781-1833.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/) |
| | PetjoLanguage | The PetjoLanguage is a DutchBasedCreoleLanguage of Indonesia. SIL code: PEY. ISO 639-2: crp. Population: No estimate available. Region: Djakarta (Batavia), Java. Alternate names: PETJOH, PECOK. Comments: Influences from Dutch, Javanese, and Betawi. Little is known of this language. May be a pidgin or mixed language, rather than a creole.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/) |
| | SkepiCreoleDutchLanguage | The SkepiCreoleDutchLanguage is a DutchBasedCreoleLanguage of Guyana. SIL code: SKW. ISO 639-2: crp. Region: Essequibo region. Dialects: ESSEQUIBO. Comments: Speakers said it was not inherently intelligible with Berbice or Rupununi. 52% lexical similarity with Berbice. Became extinct by 1998. Extinct.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/) |