Atlantic English Creole
E155063
Atlantic English Creole is a group of related English-based creole languages spoken primarily in coastal regions of the Atlantic, especially in the Caribbean and parts of West Africa.
All labels observed (11)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Atlantic Creole | 2 |
| Montserrat Creole English | 2 |
| Atlantic English Creole canonical | 1 |
| Atlantic English creole | 1 |
| Atlantic creoles | 1 |
| Caribbean English | 1 |
| Caribbean English Creoles | 1 |
| English Creole | 1 |
| Kittitian English Creole | 1 |
| Limonese Creole | 1 |
| Western Caribbean Creole | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1340582 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Atlantic English Creole Context triple: [Jamaican Patois, languageFamily, Atlantic English Creole]
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A.
Vincentian Creole English
Vincentian Creole English is an English-based Caribbean creole language spoken primarily by the people of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
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B.
Antillean Creole
Antillean Creole is a French-based creole language spoken primarily in the Lesser Antilles, notably in Martinique, Guadeloupe, and surrounding islands.
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C.
Bahamian Creole English
Bahamian Creole English is an English-based creole language spoken primarily in the Bahamas, characterized by its distinct pronunciation, grammar, and vocabulary influenced by African languages and British English.
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D.
Angolar Creole
Angolar Creole is a Portuguese-based creole language spoken primarily by the Angolar community of São Tomé and Príncipe, known for its distinct African linguistic substrate and historical roots in maroon slave populations.
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E.
Virgin Islands Creole English
Virgin Islands Creole English is an English-based creole language spoken primarily in the U.S. Virgin Islands and nearby Caribbean areas, characterized by its distinct grammar, pronunciation, and vocabulary influenced by African and European languages.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Atlantic English Creole Target entity description: Atlantic English Creole is a group of related English-based creole languages spoken primarily in coastal regions of the Atlantic, especially in the Caribbean and parts of West Africa.
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A.
Vincentian Creole English
Vincentian Creole English is an English-based Caribbean creole language spoken primarily by the people of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
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B.
Antillean Creole
Antillean Creole is a French-based creole language spoken primarily in the Lesser Antilles, notably in Martinique, Guadeloupe, and surrounding islands.
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C.
Bahamian Creole English
Bahamian Creole English is an English-based creole language spoken primarily in the Bahamas, characterized by its distinct pronunciation, grammar, and vocabulary influenced by African languages and British English.
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D.
Angolar Creole
Angolar Creole is a Portuguese-based creole language spoken primarily by the Angolar community of São Tomé and Príncipe, known for its distinct African linguistic substrate and historical roots in maroon slave populations.
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E.
Virgin Islands Creole English
Virgin Islands Creole English is an English-based creole language spoken primarily in the U.S. Virgin Islands and nearby Caribbean areas, characterized by its distinct grammar, pronunciation, and vocabulary influenced by African and European languages.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
English-based creole
ⓘ
language group ⓘ |
| developedDuring | Atlantic slave trade ⓘ |
| hasContactOrigin |
maritime contact situations
ⓘ
plantation contact situations ⓘ |
| hasDiachronicProcess |
creolization
ⓘ
decreolization ⓘ |
| hasExampleLanguage |
Antiguan Creole English
ⓘ
surface form:
Antiguan and Barbudan Creole
Bahamian Creole English ⓘ
surface form:
Bahamas Creole English
Bajan Creole ⓘ Belizean Creole ⓘ Grenadian Creole English ⓘ Gullah ⓘ
surface form:
Gullah language
Guyanese Creole ⓘ Jamaican Patois ⓘ Krio language ⓘ Ndyuka language ⓘ Saint Kitts Creole ⓘ Saramaccan ⓘ Sranan Tongo ⓘ Surinamese English-based creoles ⓘ Tobagonian Creole English ⓘ
surface form:
Tobagonian Creole
Trinidadian Creole English ⓘ Vincentian Creole English ⓘ
surface form:
Vincentian Creole
Virgin Islands Creole English ⓘ |
| hasLanguageFamily |
Germanic languages
ⓘ
Indo-European language family ⓘ
surface form:
Indo-European languages
|
| hasPrimaryLexifier | English language ⓘ |
| hasSubfamily | West Germanic languages ⓘ |
| hasSubstrateLanguages |
Bantu languages
ⓘ
Kwa languages ⓘ West African languages ⓘ |
| hasSuperstrateLanguage | English language ⓘ |
| hasTypicalFeature |
SVO basic word order
ⓘ
copula deletion in some contexts ⓘ lexicon largely derived from English ⓘ phonology influenced by African languages ⓘ reduction of inflectional morphology ⓘ serial verb constructions ⓘ use of preverbal tense-mood-aspect markers ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Caribbean Sea
ⓘ
surface form:
Caribbean Sea basin
Gulf of Guinea ⓘ |
| spokenInRegion |
Atlantic coastal regions
ⓘ
Caribbean ⓘ Central America ⓘ North America ⓘ South America ⓘ West Africa ⓘ |
| studiedInField |
creole linguistics
ⓘ
sociolinguistics ⓘ |
| subclassOf |
Atlantic English Creole
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Atlantic Creole
English creole ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Atlantic English Creole Description of subject: Atlantic English Creole is a group of related English-based creole languages spoken primarily in coastal regions of the Atlantic, especially in the Caribbean and parts of West Africa.
Referenced by (13)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Western Caribbean Creole
this entity surface form:
Limonese Creole
this entity surface form:
Caribbean English
this entity surface form:
Montserrat Creole English
this entity surface form:
Caribbean English Creoles
this entity surface form:
Atlantic creoles
this entity surface form:
Atlantic Creole
this entity surface form:
Atlantic Creole
this entity surface form:
Kittitian English Creole
this entity surface form:
English Creole
this entity surface form:
Montserrat Creole English
this entity surface form:
Atlantic English creole