French Creole

E212869
creole language group language family

French Creole is a group of creole languages that developed primarily from French vocabulary mixed with African, Caribbean, and other linguistic influences, spoken in various regions such as the Caribbean, the Indian Ocean, and parts of the Americas.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
French Creole canonical 7
Creole French 1
French Creole languages 1

Statements (61)

Predicate Object
instanceOf creole language group ⓘ
language family ⓘ
developedFrom colonial plantation societies ⓘ
contact between French speakers and enslaved Africans ⓘ
hasFeature SVO word order ⓘ
postposed definite articles in many varieties ⓘ
reduced inflectional morphology ⓘ
tense–mood–aspect particles ⓘ
hasInfluenceFrom African languages ⓘ
Amerindian languages ⓘ
Caribbean languages ⓘ
English language ⓘ
Portuguese language ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ
surface form: Spanish language
hasPrimaryLexifier French ⓘ
surface form: French language
hasSociolinguisticStatus historically stigmatized in many regions ⓘ
increasingly recognized in education and media ⓘ
often coexists with French in diglossic situations ⓘ
hasWritingSystem Latin alphabet ⓘ
surface form: Latin script
includesLanguage Antillean Creole ⓘ
surface form: Dominican Creole French

Antillean Creole ⓘ
surface form: Guadeloupean Creole French

Guianan Creole ⓘ
Haitian Creole ⓘ
Guianan Creole ⓘ
surface form: Karipúna French Creole

Louisiana Creole ⓘ
Antillean Creole ⓘ
surface form: Martinican Creole French

Mauritian Creole ⓘ
Réunion Creole ⓘ
Antillean Creole ⓘ
surface form: Saint Lucian Creole French

Seychellois Creole ⓘ
originPeriod 17th century ⓘ
18th century ⓘ
spokenInCountry Canada ⓘ
Dominica ⓘ
Dominican Republic ⓘ
French Guiana ⓘ
Grenada ⓘ
Guadeloupe ⓘ
Haiti ⓘ
Martinique ⓘ
Mauritius ⓘ
Réunion ⓘ
Saint Lucia ⓘ
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines ⓘ
Seychelles ⓘ
Suriname ⓘ
Trinidad and Tobago ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States

Venezuela ⓘ
spokenInRegion Caribbean ⓘ
Central America ⓘ
Indian Ocean ⓘ
North America ⓘ
South America ⓘ
subclassOf French-based creole ⓘ
typology analytic language ⓘ
isolating language ⓘ
usedInDomain everyday communication ⓘ
oral literature ⓘ
popular music ⓘ
religious practice ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kwéyòl → subclassOf → French Creole ⓘ
Cloutierville, Louisiana, United States → hasCulturalInfluence → French Creole ⓘ
subject surface form: Cloutierville, Louisiana
Vincentian Creole English → hasInfluenceFrom → French Creole ⓘ
this entity surface form: French creole languages
St. James Parish, Louisiana → hasCulturalHeritage → French Creole ⓘ
Réunion Creole → languageFamily → French Creole ⓘ
Kouri-Vini → hasLanguageFamily → French Creole ⓘ
Tobagonian Creole English → hasSubstrateInfluence → French Creole ⓘ
CODOFIL → languageFocus → French Creole ⓘ
this entity surface form: Creole French
Morisyen → subclassOf → French Creole ⓘ
Morisyen → hasLanguageFamily → French Creole ⓘ
this entity surface form: French Creole languages