List of creole languages

A creole language is a stable natural language developed from a mixture of different languages. Unlike a pidgin, a simplified form that develops as a means of communication between two or more groups, a creole language is a complete language, used in a community and acquired by children as their native language.

This list of creole languages links to Wikipedia articles about languages that linguistic sources identify as creoles. The "subgroups" list links to Wikipedia articles about language groups defined by the languages from which their vocabulary is drawn.

English-based creole languages

• Bajan Creole or Barbadian Creole, English-based, spoken in Barbados
• Belizean Creole, English-based creole spoken in Belize
• Bislama, an English-based creole, spoken in Vanuatu
• Gullah language, spoken in the coastal region of the US states of North and South Carolina, Georgia and northeast Florida
• Guyanese Creole or Guyanese Creole, English-based, spoken in Guyana
• Hawaiian Creole or Pidgin, a mixture of Native Hawaiian and American English similar to Tok Pisin
• Jamaican Patois, English-based, spoken in Jamaica
• Krio language, English-based creole spoken throughout the West African nation of Sierra Leone
• Liberian Kreyol language, spoken in Liberia
• Nigerian Creole English based creole or pidgin spoken in Nigeria
• Singlish, English-based, spoken in Singapore
• Tok Pisin, an official language of Papua New Guinea
• Torres Strait Creole or Brokan, spoken in far north-east Australia, Torres Strait, and south-west Papua
• Trinidadian Creole, English-based, spoken in Trinidad
• Sranan Tongo, a bridge language (lingua franca) spoken in Suriname

French-based creole languages

• Antillean Creole French, French-based creole spoken in the French West Indies
• Haitian Creole, French-based, an official language of Haiti
• Louisiana Creole French, spoken in Louisiana
• Mauritian Creole, French-based, spoken in Mauritius
• Seychellois Creole, French-based, spoken in the Seychelles

Portuguese-based creole languages

• Annobonese Creole, Portuguese-based creole spoken in Annobón, Equatorial Guinea
• Cape Verdean Creole, spoken on the islands of Cape Verde
• Forro Creole, spoken in São Tomé and Príncipe
• Macanese Patois, or Macau creole, Pátua, once spoken in Macau Portuguese community
• Papiamento, spoken in the ABC islands in the southern Caribbean
• Upper Guinea Creole, spoken in Guinea-Bissau

Creole languages based on other languages

• Chavacano - is a Spanish-based creole language spoken in the Philippines.
• Hezhou, based on Uyghur and relexified by Mandarin
• Nagamese Creole, based on Assamese, used in Nagaland, India
• Negerhollands, a Dutch-based creole, once spoken in the U.S. Virgin Islands
• Sango language, Ngbandi-based creole language spoken in the Central African Republic
• Unserdeutsch language, a German-based creole language spoken primarily in Papua New Guinea

Subgroups

• Arabic-based creole languages, a creole language which was significantly influenced by the Arabic language
• Dutch-based creole languages, a creole language that has been substantially influenced by the Dutch language
• English-based creole languages, a creole language derived from the English language
• French-based creole languages, a creole language based on the French language
• Malay-based creole languages, regional varieties derived from a lingua franca called Bazaar Malay
• Portuguese-based creole languages, creole languages which have Portuguese as superstrate language
• Spanish-based creole languages, a number of creole languages are based on the Spanish language