creool
Appearance
Dutch
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Portuguese crioulo, but subsequently influenced by French créole.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]creool m (plural creolen, diminutive creooltje n)
- in present-day Suriname and various parts of South and Central America, any descendant of African slaves
- a Creole, a member of a (Latin) American ethno-cultural group of colonial Iberian blood
- (uncommon) a creole language
- 2006, Kasper Juffermans, "I love English: Engels en geletterdheid in twee opsteloefeningen in een lagere school in ruraal Gambia, West-Afrika", Tom Koole, Jacomine Nortier & Bert Tahitu (eds.), Artikelen van de Vijfde sociolinguïstische conferentie, Eburon (publ.), page 281.
- In tegenstelling tot andere West Afrikaanse landen als Sierra Leone, Liberia, Nigeria en Kameroen, functioneert Engels of een Engels-gebaseerd pidgin of creool niet als lingua franca tussen mensen van verschillende etnische groepen.
- Unlike the situation in other West African countries such as Sierra Lene, Liberia, Nigeria and Cameroon, English or an English-based pidgin or creole does not function as a lingua franca between people of different ethnic groups.
- Synonym: creooltaal
- 2006, Kasper Juffermans, "I love English: Engels en geletterdheid in twee opsteloefeningen in een lagere school in ruraal Gambia, West-Afrika", Tom Koole, Jacomine Nortier & Bert Tahitu (eds.), Artikelen van de Vijfde sociolinguïstische conferentie, Eburon (publ.), page 281.
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Negerhollands: creol
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