French Creole

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French Creole

French creole, also called French-based creole are creole languages based on the French language as it existed in the 17th century. A Creole language is a distinct language developed by indigenous people of a country that was derived from one or more parent languages although sometimes no specific language can be identified as the parent. Creole languages are typically spoken in countries that were colonized by colonial powers in the 17th and 18th century. We have separate language pages for the major creole languages. Just click on the language name below to go to that page.

Wikipedia has a good article about Creole languages.

French Creole Languages	Places Spoken
Caribbean or Antillean Creole	Martinique, St. Thomas, Guadeloupe, Dominica, St. Lucia, Grenada, Trinidad
French Guiana Creole	French Guiana, and to a lesser extent in Suriname and Guyana.
Haitian Creole	Haiti (It is the largest French Creole language with 12 million speakers.)
Louisiana Creole	Louisiana (USA). Spoken by Creoles in Louisiana. The Cajuns in Louisiana speak Cajun. Here is a brief article that explains the difference between Creole and Cajun people, their food and their languages and how they came to live together in Louisiana.
Mauritian Creole	Mauritius
Reunion Creole	Reunion Island
Seychellois Creole or Seselwa	Seychelles Islands