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CreoleLanguage
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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Parents SpokenHumanLanguage A SpokenHumanLanguage is a HumanLanguage which has as its medium the human voice. It can also be represented visually through writing, although not all SpokenHumanLanguages have a codified written form.
Children AfrikaansBasedCreoleLanguageAn AfrikaansBasedCreoleLanguage is a CreoleLanguage using a grammatical and core lexical foundation of the AfrikaansLanguage.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
 ArabicBasedCreoleLanguageAn ArabicBasedCreoleLanguage is a CreoleLanguage using a grammatical and core lexical foundation of a dialect of the ArabicLanguage.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
 AssameseBasedCreoleLanguageAn AssameseBasedCreoleLanguage is a CreoleLanguage using a grammatical and core lexical foundation of the AssameseLanguage.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
 DutchBasedCreoleLanguage
 EnglishBasedCreoleLanguageAn EnglishBasedCreoleLanguage is a CreoleLanguage using a grammatical and core lexical foundation of the EnglishLanguage.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
 FrenchBasedCreoleLanguage
 GermanBasedCreoleLanguageA GermanBasedCreoleLanguage is a CreoleLanguage using a grammatical and core lexical foundation of the GermanLanguage.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
 IberianBasedCreoleLanguageAn IberianBasedCreoleLanguage is a CreoleLanguage using a grammatical and core lexical foundation of an Iberian language.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
 IndonesianBasedCreoleLanguageAn IndonesianBasedCreoleLanguage is a CreoleLanguage using a grammatical and core lexical foundation of the IndonesianLanguage.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
 KongoBasedCreoleLanguageA KongoBasedCreoleLanguage is a CreoleLanguage using a grammatical and core lexical foundation of a Kongo language.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
 MalayBasedCreoleLanguageA MalayBasedCreoleLanguage is a CreoleLanguage using a grammatical and core lexical foundation of the MalayLanguage.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
 NgbandiBasedCreoleLanguageA NgbandiBasedCreoleLanguage is a CreoleLanguage using a grammatical and core lexical foundation of the NgbandiLanguage.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
 PortugueseBasedCreoleLanguageA PortugueseBasedCreoleLanguage is a CreoleLanguage using a grammatical and core lexical foundation of the PortugueseLanguage.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
 SpanishBasedCreoleLanguageA SpanishBasedCreoleLanguage is a CreoleLanguage using a grammatical and core lexical foundation of the SpanishLanguage.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
 SwahiliBasedCreoleLanguageA SwahiliBasedCreoleLanguage is a CreoleLanguage using a grammatical and core lexical foundation of the SwahiliLanguage.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
 TetunBasedCreoleLanguageA TetunBasedCreoleLanguage is a CreoleLanguage using a grammatical and core lexical foundation of the TetunLanguage.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)


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