Antillean Creole

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

All labels observed (17)

How this entity was disambiguated

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Predicate Object
instanceOf French-based creole language
creole language
alsoKnownAs Antillean French Creole
linked to: Antillean 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
linked to: Portuguese language

Spanish
hasMajorVariety Dominican Creole French
linked to: Antillean Creole

Guadeloupean Creole
linked to: Antillean Creole

Martinican Creole
linked to: Antillean Creole

Saint Lucian Creole French
linked to: Antillean Creole
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
linked to: Guianas

Martinique
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Trinidad and Tobago
statusInGuadeloupe widely spoken vernacular
statusInMartinique widely spoken vernacular
subfamily Antillean French Creole
linked to: Antillean Creole
usedFor everyday communication
music and song lyrics
oral literature
radio broadcasting
religious practice
writingSystem Latin script

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Referenced by (83)

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Haitian Creole closelyRelatedTo Antillean Creole
Haitian Creole closelyRelatedTo Louisiana Creole
linked to: Antillean Creole
Antillean Creole subfamily Antillean French Creole
linked to: Antillean Creole
Antillean Creole hasMajorVariety Martinican Creole
linked to: Antillean Creole
Antillean Creole hasMajorVariety Guadeloupean Creole
linked to: Antillean Creole
Antillean Creole hasMajorVariety Dominican Creole French
linked to: Antillean Creole
Antillean Creole hasMajorVariety Saint Lucian Creole French
linked to: Antillean Creole
Antillean Creole alsoKnownAs Antillean French Creole
linked to: Antillean Creole
Trinidad and Tobago recognizedLanguage Trinidadian French Creole
linked to: Antillean Creole
Dominica regionalLanguage Dominican Creole French
linked to: Antillean Creole
Saint Lucia nationalLanguage Saint Lucian Creole French
linked to: Antillean Creole
Guadeloupe regionalLanguage Guadeloupean Creole French
linked to: Antillean Creole
Martinique regionalLanguage Martinican Creole
linked to: Antillean Creole
Martinique languageSpoken Martinican Creole
linked to: Antillean Creole
French Caribbean language Antillean Creole
Kwéyòl subclassOf Antillean Creole
Kwéyòl hasAlternativeName Saint Lucian Creole
linked to: Antillean Creole
Kwéyòl hasAlternativeName Dominican Kwéyòl
linked to: Antillean Creole
Kwéyòl closelyRelatedTo Guadeloupean Creole
linked to: Antillean Creole
Kwéyòl closelyRelatedTo Dominican French Creole
linked to: Antillean Creole
La Désirade regionalLanguage Guadeloupean Creole
linked to: Antillean Creole
Dominican languageUsed Dominican Creole French
linked to: Antillean Creole
Dominican associatedWith Kwéyòl (Dominican Creole)
linked to: Antillean Creole
Castries commonLanguage Saint Lucian Creole French
linked to: Antillean Creole
Les Trois-Îlets spokenLanguage Martinican Creole
subject linked to: Les Trois-Îlets, Martinique
linked to: Antillean Creole
Afro-Guadeloupeans language Guadeloupean Creole French
linked to: Antillean Creole
Roseau primarySpokenLanguage Dominican Creole French
linked to: Antillean Creole
Gros Islet languageUsed Saint Lucian Creole French
linked to: Antillean Creole
Marie-Galante languageUsed Guadeloupean Creole
linked to: Antillean Creole
Vieux Fort alsoSpokenLanguage Saint Lucian Creole French
linked to: Antillean Creole
Soufrière languageUsed Saint Lucian Creole French
linked to: Antillean Creole
Les Abymes hasRegionalLanguage Guadeloupean Creole
linked to: Antillean Creole
Saint Martin (France) regionalLanguage Antillean Creole
Guianan Creole relatedTo Antillean Creole
Guianan Creole relatedTo Martinican Creole
linked to: Antillean Creole
Guianan Creole relatedTo Guadeloupean Creole
linked to: Antillean Creole
Guianan Creole relatedTo Saint Lucian Creole French
linked to: Antillean Creole
Carriacou hasLanguage Grenadian Creole French
linked to: Antillean Creole
Patois hasDialect Saint Lucian Creole French
linked to: Antillean Creole
Patois hasDialect Dominican Creole French
linked to: Antillean Creole
Kwéyòl Sent Lisi subclassOf Antillean Creole
Kwéyòl Sent Lisi hasAlternativeName Saint Lucian Creole French
linked to: Antillean Creole
Kwéyòl Sent Lisi closelyRelatedTo Dominican Creole French
linked to: Antillean Creole
Kwéyòl Sent Lisi closelyRelatedTo Martinican Creole
linked to: Antillean Creole
Kwéyòl Sent Lisi closelyRelatedTo Guadeloupean Creole
linked to: Antillean Creole
Kwéyòl Sent Lisi partOf Antillean Creole dialect continuum
linked to: Antillean Creole
Jounen Kwéyòl (Creole Day) in Saint Lucia celebrates Saint Lucian Creole French
linked to: Antillean Creole
Jounen Kwéyòl (Creole Day) in Saint Lucia languageFeatured Saint Lucian Creole French
linked to: Antillean Creole
French Creole includesLanguage Guadeloupean Creole French
linked to: Antillean Creole