Caribbean Creole languages

GPTKB entity

Statements (54)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf language family
gptkbp:developedBy 17th-19th centuries
gptkbp:feature gptkb:oral_tradition
lexicon from European languages
distinct from European source languages
grammar influenced by African languages
increasing use in literature and media
gptkbp:hasMember gptkb:Jamaican_Patois
gptkb:Haitian_Creole
gptkb:Papiamento
gptkb:Bajan_Creole
gptkb:Trinidadian_Creole
gptkb:Sranan_Tongo
gptkb:Antillean_Creole
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Caribbean Creole languages
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:French
gptkb:Spanish
gptkb:Indigenous_Caribbean_languages
Dutch
English
African languages
gptkbp:ISO639-3 crp
gptkbp:languageFamily gptkb:Creole_languages
gptkbp:linguisticTypology contact language
gptkbp:notableLanguage gptkb:Jamaican_Patois
gptkb:Haitian_Creole
gptkb:Papiamento
gptkb:Bajan_Creole
gptkb:Trinidadian_Creole
gptkb:Sranan_Tongo
gptkb:Antillean_Creole
gptkbp:origin contact between European colonizers and African slaves
gptkbp:region gptkb:Caribbean
gptkbp:spokenIn gptkb:Barbados
gptkb:Dominican_Republic
gptkb:Grenada
gptkb:Haiti
gptkb:Jamaica
gptkb:Saint_Lucia
gptkb:Saint_Vincent_and_the_Grenadines
gptkb:Suriname
gptkb:Trinidad_and_Tobago
gptkb:French_Guiana
gptkbp:status many are official or recognized languages
gptkbp:subclassOf gptkb:Creole_languages
gptkbp:usedBy diaspora communities
descendants of African slaves
local Caribbean populations
gptkbp:writingSystem gptkb:Latin_script
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Caribbean_Creole_people
gptkb:Caribbean_French
gptkb:Caribbean_Hindustani
gptkb:Caribbean_English
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6