Creole - Definition

creole

adj 1: of or relating to a language that arises from contact
between two other languages and has features of both;
"Creole grammars"
2: of or relating to or characteristic of native-born persons of
French descent in Louisiana; "Creole cooking"
n 1: a person of European descent born in the West Indies or
Latin America
2: a person descended from French ancestors in southern United
States (especially Louisiana)
3: a mother tongue that originates from contact between two
languages

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