Classification based mainly on Ethnologue :
- ---Eastern
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- Afro-Seminole Creole
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- and the adjacent coastal regions of South Carolina , Georgia and northern Florida .
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- Anguillan Creole
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- Bajan
- Grenadian Creole
- and similar to Jamaican Creole (see below), but with a different accent and some word substitutions; probably due to the greater Indian (Indo-Guyanese not Amerindian) influence. The language varies across the regions within the country.
- Montserrat Creole
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-, Antiguan Creole , Montserrat Creole , Saint Kitts Creole and Saint Martin Creole as dialects of the same language .
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- Turks-Caicos Creole
- ---Krio
-- Aku
--. It is also known as Kamtok. Two varieties are Limbe-Krio and Grafi. Cameroonian Pidgin English is an English-based creole language. About 5% of Cameroonians are native speakers of the language.
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--, and has English and French as superstrate languages, with several West African languages as substrate.
-- Nigerian Pidgin : While rudimentally spoken all over Nigeria, English is the accepted language of transaction and communication. The Nigerian Pidgin dates back to the colonial era, where locals were hired to work with the British colonials and ended up developing it to the Creole language it is today.
- ---Suriname
-- Jamaican Maroon Spirit Possession Language
-- Ndyuka
-- Sranan Tongo : in Suriname.
- ---Western
-- Belizean Kriol is spoken in Belize . Closely related to Miskito Coastal Creole , Jamaican Creole , Rio Abajo Creole , Colón Creole , and San Andrés and Providencia Creole.
-- Bocas Del Toro Creole
-- Colón Creole
--, which is a dialect of English. Jamaican Creole is an English-based creole language spoken in Jamaica. It represents a history of contact among many different types of speakers drawn from many ethnic, linguistic, and social background. Naturally understandable to speakers of creoles in Guyana, Nicaragua, Panama and Costa Rica. Reported to be extremely close to Belize Creole, the English Creole of the Bahamas, close to Guyana, Grenada, Virgin Islands and Saint Vincent creoles, as well as being very close to Sierra Leone Krio. Jamaica Creole is the dominant language in Jamaica and gaining in prestige.
-- after introduction from Jamaica .
-- Mískito Creole English : Mískito Coastal Creole is a language spoken in Nicaragua based on English. It is nearly identical Belizean Creole (Kriol), and similar to all Central American Creoles. The number of speakers of Mískito Coastal Creole is below 200,000 {Link without Title} . Mískito Coastal Creole does not have the status of an official language. Spoken in the coastal areas.
-- Rama Cay Creole
-- Rio Abajo Creole
--, Bocas Del Toro Creole , Colón Creole , and Rio Abajo Creole as dialects of Jamaican Creole {Link without Title} .
- ---, Mandarin , Hokkien , Cantonese , Tamil (a south Indian Dravidian Language ), and British English.
- --- is a creole based on British English . It originated in Singapore , and spread to parts of Malaysia (known locally as Manglish ). It is a mixture of mainly Malay , Mandarin , Hokkien (a Chinese dialect), Tamil (a south Indian Dravidian Language ), and British English.
- --- with over 10,000 first language speakers.
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- --- of the Hawaiian Islands . English served as the superstrate language, with Chinese , Japanese , Filipino , Portuguese , and Hawaiian elements incorporated. Children started using it as a Lingua Franca , and by the 1920s it had creolized and become a minor language of Hawaii, as it still is today.
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- --- and Pitcairnese migrants in Norfolk Island , an 18th Century dialect of English is spoken with the Tahitian language to form the Creole language known as Pitkern, or Norfuk in Norfolk Island.
- ---. English is the superstrate language, with various Papuan languages providing grammatical and lexical input.
- --- Torres Strait Creole : Spoken by Torres Straits Islanders.
- --- Saramaccaans, Or ''Saamáka''
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