Languages of the African diaspora

Swahili, also known as Kiswahili, is a Bantu language originally spoken by the Swahili people, who are found primarily in Tanzania, Kenya, and Mozambique (along the East African coast and adjacent littoral islands). Estimates of the number of Swahili speakers, including both native and second-language speakers, generally range from 150 million to 200 million. Most native speakers reside in Tanzania and Kenya.

language spoken in Haiti

Papiamento (), or Papiamentu (; ), is a Portuguese-based creole language spoken in the Dutch Caribbean. It is the most widely spoken language on Aruba, Bonaire, and Curaçao (the ABC islands).

English-based creole spoken in and around Jamaica; it additionally takes influence from various African languages, particularly Akan

English-based creole language spoken in Sierra Leone

member of the Arawakan language family, spoken in Central America, especially in Honduras, Guatemala, Belize, and Nicaragua, also within the USA

French-based creole from French Guiana

generic name of the varieties of the French language in the African continent

French-based creole in Louisiana

creole language spoken by the Gullah people in US

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

Negerhollands ('Negro-Dutch', also known by the contemporary and more neutral name Virgin Islands Creole Dutch) was a Dutch-based creole language that was spoken in the Danish West Indies, now known as the U.S. Virgin Islands. Dutch was its superstrate language with Danish, English, French, Spanish, and African elements incorporated. Notwithstanding its name, Negerhollands drew primarily from the Zeelandic and probably also from the closely related West Flemish, rather than the Hollandic, dialects of Dutch.

English-based creole

liturgical language of Santeria, spoken in Cuba

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English-based creole language in Antigua and Barbuda

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

Dutch dialect spoken in New Jersey

variety of English spoken in the Cayman Islands

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set of English dialects primarily spoken by most black people in the United States

specialized vocabulary used for Haitian Vodoun ceremonies

variety of the English language spoken in the Samaná Peninsula, Dominican Republic

extinct Swahili variety of Socotra Island, Yemen

language spoken in Grenada

English-based creole spoken in the Virgin Islands and the SSS islands

dialect of Leeward Caribbean Creole English spoken in Anguilla

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English-based creole language spoken in Trinidad

Bantu language of Pakistan and India

liturgical language of the Palo religion

Iyaric, also called Dread Talk or Rasta Talk, is a form of language constructed by members of the Rastafari movement through alteration of vocabulary. When Africans were taken into captivity as a part of the slave trade, English was imposed as a colonial language. In defiance, the Rastafari movement created a modified English vocabulary and dialect, with the aim of liberating their language from its history as a tool of colonial oppression. Iyaric sometimes also plays a liturgical role among Rastas, in addition to Amharic and Ge'ez.

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