Antillean Creole

Antillean Creole
kreyòl, kréyòl, kréyol, kwéyòl, patwa
Native toFrench Antilles (esp. Guadeloupe, Martinique), Dominica, Grenada, Saint Lucia, Haiti, Trinidad and Tobago[1]
Native speakers
(13 million cited 1998–2001)[2]
Language codes
ISO 639-3Variously:
gcf – Guadeloupean Creole
acf – Dominican Creole / Martinican / Saint Lucian
scf – San Miguel Creole French (Panama)
Glottologless1242
Linguasphere51-AAC-cc (varieties: 51-AAC-cca to -cck)
IETFcpf-029
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Sign in Martinican Creole:
Dlo Koko ("coconut water", from French de l'eau de coco)
Soley ("Sun", from soleil)
Lanmè ("the sea", from la mer)

Antillean Creole (also known as Lesser Antillean Creole) is a French-based creole that is primarily spoken in the Lesser Antilles. Its grammar and vocabulary include elements of French, Carib, English, and African languages.[3]

  1. ^ Ethnologue codes Guadeloupean Creole French (spoken in Guadeloupe and Martinique) and Saint Lucian Creole French (spoken in Dominica and Saint Lucia) distinctly, with the respective ISO 639-3 codes: gcf and acf. However, it notes that their rate of comprehension is 90%, which would qualify them as dialects of a single language.
  2. ^ Guadeloupean Creole at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
    Dominican Creole / Martinican / Saint Lucian at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
    San Miguel Creole French (Panama) at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  3. ^ Erland., Gadelii, Karl (1997). Lesser Antillean french creole and universal grammar. Department of linguistics. ISBN 91-628-2793-6. OCLC 470438107.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)