French Creole

E212869

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.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
French Creole canonical 8
Creole French 2
French Creole languages 1

How this entity was disambiguated

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 language ⓘ
linked to: Spanish
hasPrimaryLexifier French language ⓘ
linked to: French
hasSociolinguisticStatus historically stigmatized in many regions ⓘ
increasingly recognized in education and media ⓘ
often coexists with French in diglossic situations ⓘ
hasWritingSystem Latin script ⓘ
linked to: Latin alphabet
includesLanguage Dominican Creole French ⓘ
linked to: Antillean Creole

Guadeloupean Creole French ⓘ
linked to: Antillean Creole

Guianan Creole ⓘ
Haitian Creole ⓘ
Karipúna French Creole ⓘ
linked to: Guianan Creole

Louisiana Creole ⓘ
Martinican Creole French ⓘ
linked to: Antillean Creole

Mauritian Creole ⓘ
Réunion Creole ⓘ
Saint Lucian Creole French ⓘ
linked to: Antillean Creole

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 ⓘ
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 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (13)

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

Kwéyòl → subclassOf → French Creole ⓘ
Cloutierville, Louisiana → hasCulturalInfluence → French Creole ⓘ
Vincentian Creole English → hasInfluenceFrom → French creole languages ⓘ
linked to: French Creole
Réunion Creole → languageFamily → French Creole ⓘ
Kouri-Vini → hasLanguageFamily → French Creole ⓘ
CODOFIL → languageFocus → Creole French ⓘ
linked to: French Creole
Morisyen → subclassOf → French Creole ⓘ
Morisyen → hasLanguageFamily → French Creole languages ⓘ
linked to: French Creole
Barataria privateers → ethnicComposition → French Creoles ⓘ
linked to: French Creole
St. Augustine Church (New Orleans) → secondaryLanguageOfLiturgy → Creole French ⓘ
linked to: French Creole
Louis de Pointe du Lac → nationality → French Creole ⓘ