French-based creole languages

Classification

Americas

• Varieties with progressive aspect marker ape
• *Haitian Creole is a language spoken primarily in Haiti: the largest French-derived language in the world, with an estimated total of 12 million fluent speakers. It is also the most-spoken creole language in the world and is based largely on 17th-century French with influences from Portuguese, Spanish, English, Taíno, and West African languages. It is an official language in Haiti.
• * Louisiana Creole, the Louisiana creole language.
• Varieties with progressive aspect marker ka
• * Antillean Creole, spoken primarily in the francophone countries in the Lesser Antilles, such as Martinique, Guadeloupe, Îles des Saintes Although all of the creoles spoken on these islands are considered to be the same language, there are noticeable differences between the dialects of each island. Notably, the Creole spoken in the Eastern part of the island Saint-Barthélemy is spoken exclusively by a white population of European descent, imported into the island from Saint Kitts in 1648.
• * Guianese Creole is a language spoken in French Guiana, and to a lesser degree in Suriname and Guyana. It is closely related to Antillean Creole, but there are some noteworthy differences between the two.
• * Karipúna, spoken in Brazil, mostly in the state of Amapá. It was developed by Amerindians, with possible influences from immigrants from neighboring French Guiana and French territories of the Caribbean and with a recent lexical adstratum from Portuguese.
• ** Lanc-Patuá, spoken more widely in the state of Amapá, is a variety of the former, possibly the same language.

  Indian Ocean

• Varieties with progressive aspect marker ape – subsumed under a common classification as Bourbonnais Creoles
• *Mauritian Creole, spoken in Mauritius
• *Agalega Creole, spoken in Agaléga Islands
• *Chagossian Creole, spoken by the former population of the Chagos archipelago
• *Réunion Creole, spoken in Réunion
• *Rodriguan Creole, spoken on the island of Rodrigues
• *Seychellois Creole, spoken everywhere in the Seychelles and locally known as Kreol seselwa. It is the national language and shares official status with English and French.

  Pacific

• Tayo, spoken in New Caledonia

  Africa

• Petit Mauresque or Little Moorish was spoken in North Africa
• Français Tirailleur, a pidgin language spoken in West Africa by soldiers in the French Colonial Army, approximately 1850–1960.
• Burundi Pidgin French

  Asia

• Tây Bồi, a pidgin language spoken in former French colonies in Indochina, primarily Vietnam