Scripts and Writing System
Geez Bamun ScriptAmharic Script Loma Script Coptic Script N'ko Script Egyptian Hieroglyphs Ancient Berber Script(Tafinagh) Ajami Scripts
Madagascar Ajami (Sorabe) |
Creolized Languages of Afro-descendants
Dutch Base Languages
Afrikaaner-Dutch base language in South Africa
Negerhollands-extinct Dutch Creole of the US Virgin Island(St. Croix, St. Thomas, St. Johns)
Berbice Dutch Creole-extinct Dutch Creole of english Guyana
Skepi Dutch Creole-extinct Dutch creole of english Guyana
English Base Languages
English Creoles | ||
African American English | ||
Eastern | Northern | Bahamas Creole English |
Afro-Seminole Creole | ||
Sea Island Creole English | ||
Southern | Antigua and Barbuda Creole English | |
Bajan | ||
Grenadian Creole English | ||
Guyanese Creole English | ||
Tobagonian Creole English | ||
Trinidadian Creole English | ||
Vincentian Creole English | ||
Virgin Islands Creole English | ||
Krio | Equatorial Guinean Pidgin | |
Ghanaian Pidgin English | ||
Krio(Sierra Leone) | ||
Pidgin, Cameroon | ||
Pidgin, Nigerian | ||
Suriname | Sranan | |
Ndyuka | Eastern Maroon Creole | |
Kwinti | ||
Western | Belize Kriol English | |
Islander Creole English(Colombia) | ||
Jamaican Creole English | ||
Kromanti (Jamaica) | ||
Nicaragua Creole English | ||
French Base Languages
I. Caribbean French Creole
B. Lesser Antilles French Creole
(1)Dominican Creole-creole of Dominica
(2)Grenadian French Creole-dying french base creole of Grenada, among the elder pop. and rural areas
(3)Guadeloupean Creole-creole of Guadeloupe
(4)Martinican Creole-creole of Martinique
(5)Trinidadian French Creole-dying french base creole of Trinidad, elder generation
(6)St. Lucian Creole (" Patois")-french base creole of St. Lucia
(7)Vincentian French Creole-dying french base creole of St. Vincent and the Grenadines
II. Indian Ocean
III. Louisiana Creole(USA)
Portuguese Base Languages
Angolar-creole of Sao Tome and Principe
Fa D’ambu(Annobonense, Annobonés, Annobonese)-creole of Equitorial Guinea, Annobón region.
Cape Verdean Creole/kriolu-Portuguese base creole of Cape Verde
Guinea Bissau Creole (Kiryol, Kriulo)
Papiamentu-Creole of Aruba, Bonaire, Curacao based on Port./possibly Span.
Saramaccan (Saamáka)-Language of Suriname based on Port.
Sri Lankan Portuguese-Sri Lankan Portuguese spoken by Sri Lankan Kaffirs
Spanish Base Languages
Bozal-Black Spanish, Spanish Ebonics of Puerto Rico, Cuba, and other Hispanic countries
Palenquero-Spanish Creole found in Colombia
Trinidadian Spanish Patois
Others
Garifuna-Language of the Garifuna based on an Amerindian Arawakan tongue
Shikomoro-Language of Comoros based on Swahili
Shikomoro-Language of Comoros based on Swahili