term used differently in several contexts. In the broadest sense, it refers to the blending of French, Spanish, and sometimes African-Caribbean cultures in colonial Louisiana. Can specifically refer to the French-Spanish or French-Spanish-African cultures of New Orleans. Black Creole refers to the African-French culture in rural southwest Louisiana. The Creole language is a blending of French and African-Caribbean influences and is spoken predominately by black Creoles.
a type of language that is an identifiable blend of two or more languages. Creole languages develop in very specific situations of intense contact between speakers of three or more languages, one of which is politically dominant. All creoles share certain common grammatical features regardless of which languages have combined to form them, and creoles are more complex and elaborated than PIDGINS. Two examples of creole languages are Gullah, spoken in the United States, and Kreyòl, spoken in Haiti.
(Criolla) Creole refers to the cooking of the French-speaking West Indies, as well as to southern Louisiana and the Gulf states. Criolla refers to the cuisine of Spanish-speaking islands. Both terms encompass a melding of ingredients and cooking methods from France, Spain, Africa, the Caribbean and America.
Creole culture, formed by Africans in the Americas, was a mix of the cultures and beliefs of the different ethnic groups, sometimes adding in European and Christian ideas. This culture has evolved over time and is still important throughout the African Diaspora
A stable form of speech, derived from a pidgin, which has become the sole or principal language of a speech community. Example: Haitian creole (derived from French).
a pidgin language than has evolved into a fully developed language, with a complete array of grammatical distinctions and a large vocabulary.
A pidgin which has been adopted as a mother tongue. New Guinea pidgin English is the best known example.
Language based on two or more languages that serves as the native language of its speakers, especially in the Caribbean area; a language that has its origin in extended contact between two language communities, one of which is European.
A creole language is a new language created when children acquire their parents' pidgin language as their first language, for example Hawaiian creole and Guyanese creole.
An inhabitant who was born on the island; a native. The term was applied to persons of any color.
a person of European descent born in the West Indies or Latin America
a person descended from French ancestors in southern United States (especially Louisiana)
a mother tongue that originates from contact between two languages
of or relating to a language that arises from contact between two other languages and has features of both; "Creole grammars"
of or relating to or characteristic of native-born persons of French descent in Louisiana; "Creole cooking"
a language derived from other languages that becomes the primary language of the people who speak it
a language heavily influenced by another language, or a person whose native language has been creolized
a mixed language which has become the mother tongue of a speech community
a mix of different languages that evolves over time into its own form
a person of mixed French or Spanish and African descent
a pidgin or jargon that has become the native language of an entire speech community, often as a result of slavery or other population displacements
a pidgin that has become a native tongue
a pidgin that has undergone expansion to become the mother tongue of the members of a speech community
a pidgin which children have learned as a mother-tongue, while elaborating it according to inherent linguistic rules, and adding words from different sources
a pidgin which has expanded on structure and vocabulary to express the range of meanings and serve the range of functions required of a first language
A language that develops when an undeveloped contact language expands in complexity and becomes the native language of the next generation of children in a discourse community, such as Gullah in the Carolina islands.
Children invent a new language – a creole – out of the words of the pidgin protolanguage they hear their immigrant parents speaking. A pidgin is what traders, tourists, and "guest workers" (and, in the old days, slaves) use to communicate when they don't share a real language; pidgin sentences are unstructured and short, while those in creoles have the features of universal grammar.
Descendents of French, Spanish, and Carribean slaves and natives; also come to mean any person whose ancestry derives from the mixed nationalities in the Carribean.
(1) person of European descent born in the West Indies or Spanish America; (2) white person descendant from the early French or Spanish settlers in the Gulf; (3) person of mixed French or Spanish and black descent speaking a dialect of French or Spanish.
(English) A person of European ancestry born in the Americas. Also criollo (Spanish).
A pidgin which has become the native language of a group of speakers, used for all or most of their communication needs
Louisiana residents with African heritage mixed with Spanish or French ancestry.
Refers to both languages and peoples, with different specific implications depending on the geographical region discussed. Generally, refers to a people or language that is the result of a mingling of cultures, races, and ethnicities, often due to colonization.
Native born inhabitants of French and Spanish descent
a language constructed from two or more languages as a result of extended contact between communities (one usually European). A creole is a mother tongue of one community.
pidgin language that has become the mother tongue of a population. In Haiti, for example, a French-African pidgin became the creole language that is spoken in that nation today by the majority of the population as their principle or only language. cultural relativity suspending one's ethnocentric judgments in order to understand and appreciate another culture. Anthropologists try to learn about and interpret the various aspects of the culture they are studying in reference to that culture rather than to their own. This provides a better understanding of how such practices as polygamy and cannibalism can function and even support other cultural traditions.
A mix of European, African and Caribbean culture. On our menu it means smothered in a spicy Louisiana tomato sauce.
Originally referring to the Louisiana-born community of Spanish and French descent, “Creole†is now used to distinguish the culture and cuisine of the population of mixed Spanish, French, African, and Caribbean blood from that of the Cajuns. Creole-style cuisine tends to be slightly more refined and light-colored than Cajun fare.
A creole was a slave of African descent born in the colonies.