Creole 克里奧爾語 (克里奥尔语)

kèlǐ'àoěryǔ · from English (via French/Portuguese)

What is a creole?

A creole is a stable, full language that develops from a pidgin when it acquires native speakers and expands its grammar and vocabulary.

Asian examples include Kristang, a Portuguese-based creole of Malacca, and Chavacano, a Spanish-based creole of the southern Philippines. Creoles are complete languages, not broken versions of their source languages.

Examples

Kristang (Malacca, Portuguese-based); Chavacano (Zamboanga, Spanish-based); Tok Pisin (Papua New Guinea, English-based)

Kungfucius says: A pidgin that grew up, got a grammar, and moved out.