Creole people

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Creole people are a culturally distinct group of mixed African, European, and sometimes Indigenous ancestry, known for their unique languages, traditions, and identities that developed in colonial and postcolonial societies, especially in the Caribbean and the Americas.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf cultural group
ethnic group
social group
associatedWith Creole cuisine
Rodriguan Creole
surface form: Creole languages

Creole music
Creole religions
developedInContextOf colonial societies
postcolonial societies
developedInRegion Americas
Caribbean
hasAncestry African
European
Indigenous
hasCharacteristic mixed ancestry
hasCulturalTrait distinct identity
multilingualism
syncretic traditions
historicallyLinkedTo Atlantic slave trade
European colonialism
plantation economies
identityFormedThrough cultural mixing
linguistic contact
racial mixing
languageFamily Dutch-based Creole languages
English-based Creole languages
French-based Creole languages
Portuguese-based Creole languages
Spanish-based Creole languages
presentInCountry Barbados
Belize
Brazil
Cape Verde Islands
surface form: Cape Verde

Dominican Republic
French Guiana
Guadeloupe
British Guiana
surface form: Guyana

Haiti
Jamaica
Louisiana
Martinique
Mauritius
Réunion
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Seychelles
Suriname
Trinidad and Tobago
recognizedFor distinct folklore
hybrid religious practices
rich oral traditions

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Afro-Belizeans relatedEthnicGroup Creole people
Mississippi River culture influencedBy Creole people
this entity surface form: Creole culture
Creole nationalism hasKeyConstituency Creole people
this entity surface form: Creoles
Creole of color relatedGroup Creole people
this entity surface form: Louisiana Creoles
Creole of color relatedGroup Creole people
this entity surface form: Afro-Creoles
Creole relatedConcept Creole people
subject surface form: Creole (Mauritius)
this entity surface form: Creole peoples
Kouri-Vini hasEthnicGroup Creole people
this entity surface form: Louisiana Creoles
Creole cuisine isAssociatedWith Creole people
Lamina Sankoh ethnicGroup Creole people
Southwestern Louisiana hasEthnicGroup Creole people
this entity surface form: Louisiana Creoles
Adèle Ratignolle settingOfActivity Creole people
this entity surface form: New Orleans Creole society
"A No-Account Creole" depictsCommunity Creole people
subject surface form: A No-Account Creole
this entity surface form: Louisiana Creole community
Athénaïse featuresSocialGroup Creole people
this entity surface form: Louisiana Creole society
Cajun Country hasEthnicGroup Creole people
this entity surface form: Louisiana Creoles
White Creoles relatedGroup Creole people
this entity surface form: Louisiana Creoles