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- How many people speak creole?
- How many English Creoles are there?
- Who are the people who speaks pidgin vs creole?
- What is English based pidgins and creoles?
How many people speak creole?
With 1.10 million native speakers, Creole has the highest prevalence in Mauritius. As a percentage of the total population, the largest share of around 89 percent is on the Seychelles. A total of about 1.7 million people worldwide speak Creole as their mother tongue.
How many English Creoles are there?
A total of about 4.5 million people worldwide speak Creole-English as their mother tongue. Unless otherwise described in the text, this page is about native speakers — not the total number of speakers.
Who are the people who speaks pidgin vs creole?
While pidgins exist as second languages for adult speakers, if the children of those adults are exposed to a pidgin, they do not grow up speaking it. Instead, they develop a complete language known as creole . A creole is a pidgin language that has become the native language of the children of adult pidgin speakers.
What is English based pidgins and creoles?
Pidgin English is a non-specific name used to refer to any of the many pidgin languages derived from English. Pidgins that are spoken as first languages become creoles. English-based pidgins that became stable contact languages, and which have some documentation, include the following: Aboriginal Pidgin English.
