Creoles of the Americas

creole language spoken in Suriname

sign language used in Nicaragua

French-based creole from French Guiana

Michif (also Mitchif, Mechif, Michif-Cree, Métif, Métchif, French Cree) is one of the languages of the Métis people of Canada and the United States, who are the descendants of First Nations (mainly Cree, Nakota, and Ojibwe) and fur trade workers of white ancestry (mainly French). The fathers of the Metis Nation were also known as voyageurs, the expert canoeists whose main occupation involved traveling long distances and trading with First Nations. This occupation also required forging relationships and common language with Indigenous contacts. The voyageurs and Indigenous women began intermarr

French-based creole in Louisiana

creole language spoken by the Gullah people in US

creole language of Suriname

Palenquero (sometimes spelled Palenkero) or Palenque () is a Spanish-based creole language spoken in Colombia. It is believed to be a mixture of Kikongo (a language spoken in present-day Central African countries of the Angola, Gabon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Republic of the Congo) and Spanish. However, there is not sufficient evidence to indicate that Palenquero is strictly the result of a two-language contact. It could also have absorbed elements of local indigenous languages.

English-based creole language spoken in Guyana

creole spoken near the Saramacca and Suriname rivers

extinct Dutch-based creole language of Guyana

English-based creole language

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dialect of Jamaican Creole spoken in Limón Province on the Caribbean Sea coast of Costa Rica

Dutch-based creole language

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creole spoken by the Karipúna