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Creole vs Patois - What's the difference?

creole | patois |

As nouns the difference between creole and patois

is that creole is a lect formed from two or more languages which has developed from a pidgin to become a first language while patois is a regional dialect of a language (especially French); usually considered substandard.

As an adjective Creole

is pertaining to or characteristic of someone who is a Creole.

As a proper noun Creole

is any specific creole language, especially that of Haiti.

creole

English

(Creole language)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (linguistics) A lect formed from two or more languages which has developed from a pidgin to become a first language.

    • Derived terms

    * creolisation, creolization * creolise, creolize * creoloid * post-creole continuum

    External links

    * Haitian Creole – English Dictionary]: from [http://www.websters-online-dictionary.org/ Webster’s Dictionary – the Rosetta Edition. ----

    patois

    English

    Noun

    (patois)
  • A regional dialect of a language (especially French); usually considered substandard.
  • Any of various French or Occitan dialects spoken in France.
  • Creole French in the Caribbean (especially in Dominica, , Trinidad and Tobago and Haiti).
  • A Jamaican Creole language primarily based on English and African languages but also has influences from Spanish, Portuguese and Hindi.
  • Jargon or cant.

    • Anagrams

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