Antillean Creole

E6238

French-based creole language creole language

Antillean Creole is a French-based creole language spoken primarily in the Lesser Antilles, notably in Martinique, Guadeloupe, and surrounding islands.

Aliases (12)

Statements (55)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	French-based creole language → creole language →
alsoKnownAs	Antillean French Creole → Créole antillais → Kwéyòl →
basicWordOrder	SVO →
closelyRelatedTo	Haitian Creole → Louisiana Creole → Seychellois Creole →
glottocode	anti1241 →
hasFeature	French-based vocabulary with phonological simplification → nasal vowels → postposed definite articles → preverbal tense-mood-aspect markers → reduced inflectional morphology → serial verb constructions →
hasInfluenceFrom	Dutch → English → Portuguese → Spanish →
hasMajorVariety	Dominican Creole French → Guadeloupean Creole → Martinican Creole → Saint Lucian Creole French →
hasStandardizationEfforts	dictionary compilation → grammar descriptions → orthography development →
hasSubstrateLanguage	Arawak languages → Carib languages → West African languages →
ISO639-3Code	acf →
languageFamily	French Creole →
lexifierLanguage	French →
linguisticTypology	analytic language →
morphologyType	isolating →
primaryRegion	Lesser Antilles →
spokenIn	Caribbean diaspora communities → Dominica → French Guiana → Grenada → Guadeloupe → Guiana region → Martinique → Saint Lucia → Saint Vincent and the Grenadines → Trinidad and Tobago →
statusInGuadeloupe	widely spoken vernacular →
statusInMartinique	widely spoken vernacular →
subfamily	Antillean French Creole →
usedFor	everyday communication → music and song lyrics → oral literature → radio broadcasting → religious practice →
writingSystem	Latin script →

Referenced by (33)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Haitian Creole → Haitian Creole ("Louisiana Creole") → Kwéyòl ("Guadeloupean Creole") → Kwéyòl ("Dominican French Creole") →	closelyRelatedTo
Antillean Creole ("Martinican Creole") → Antillean Creole ("Guadeloupean Creole") → Antillean Creole ("Dominican Creole French") → Antillean Creole ("Saint Lucian Creole French") →	hasMajorVariety
Dominican ("Dominican Creole French") → Gros Islet ("Saint Lucian Creole French") → Marie-Galante ("Guadeloupean Creole") → Soufrière ("Saint Lucian Creole French") →	languageUsed
Dominica ("Dominican Creole French") → Guadeloupe ("Guadeloupean Creole French") → La Désirade ("Guadeloupean Creole") → Martinique ("Martinican Creole") →	regionalLanguage
Kwéyòl ("Saint Lucian Creole") → Kwéyòl ("Dominican Kwéyòl") →	hasAlternativeName
Afro-Guadeloupeans ("Guadeloupean Creole French") → French Caribbean →	language
Antillean Creole ("Antillean French Creole") →	alsoKnownAs
Vieux Fort ("Saint Lucian Creole French") →	alsoSpokenLanguage
Afro-Martiniquais →	associatedLanguageVariety
Dominican ("Kwéyòl (Dominican Creole)") →	associatedWith
Castries ("Saint Lucian Creole French") →	commonLanguage
Les Abymes ("Guadeloupean Creole") →	hasRegionalLanguage
Martinique ("Martinican Creole") →	languageSpoken
Saint Lucia ("Saint Lucian Creole French") →	nationalLanguage
Roseau ("Dominican Creole French") →	primarySpokenLanguage
Trinidad and Tobago ("Trinidadian French Creole") →	recognizedLanguage
Les Trois-Îlets ("Martinican Creole") →	spokenLanguage
Kwéyòl →	subclassOf
Antillean Creole ("Antillean French Creole") →	subfamily