Tayo creole

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Tayo creole is a French-based creole language spoken in New Caledonia, particularly around the town of Saint-Louis, that developed through contact between French colonists and indigenous as well as migrant communities.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Tayo creole canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (24)

Predicate Object
instanceOf French-based creole language ⓘ
creole language ⓘ
alternativeName Tayo ⓘ
basedOnLanguage French ⓘ
country France (overseas territory: New Caledonia) ⓘ
developedDuring colonial period of New Caledonia ⓘ
developedFromContactBetween French colonists ⓘ
indigenous communities in New Caledonia ⓘ
migrant communities in New Caledonia ⓘ
hasLinguisticOrigin contact between French and local/migrant populations in New Caledonia ⓘ
hasSpeakerCommunity Saint-Louis community ⓘ
hasSubstrateInfluenceFrom indigenous New Caledonian languages ⓘ
hasTypologicalFeature creole-like syntax ⓘ
restructured French lexicon ⓘ
simplified French-derived morphology ⓘ
languageFamily French-based creole ⓘ
lexifierLanguage French ⓘ
primaryUsage oral communication ⓘ
region South Province, New Caledonia ⓘ
spokenIn New Caledonia ⓘ
Saint-Louis, New Caledonia ⓘ
status local vernacular ⓘ
usedBy multiethnic communities in Saint-Louis ⓘ
writingSystem Latin script (non-standardized orthographies) ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

Ndrumbea → coexistsWith → Tayo creole ⓘ
Iaai → coexistsWith → Tayo creole ⓘ