Introduction

An English-based creole language (often shortened to English creole) is a creole language that was significantly influenced by the English language. Most English creoles were formed in British colonies.

Geographic distribution

Classification

• Atlantic
  • Eastern
    • Northern
      • African American English
      • Afro-Seminole Creole
      • Bahamas Creole English
      • Gullah (Sea Island Creole English)
    • Southern
      • Antigua and Barbuda Creole English
      • Bajan
      • Grenadian Creole English
      • Creolese (Guyanese Creole English)
      • Tobagonian Creole English
      • Trinidadian Creole English
      • Vincentian Creole English
      • Virgin Islands Creole English
    • Turks and Caicos Creole English
  • Krio
    • Fernando Po Creole English
    • Ghanaian Pidgin English
    • Krio
    • Pichi
    • Pidgin, Nigerian
    • Pidgin, Cameroon
  • Suriname
    • Nengee (Ndyuka)
      • Aukan
      • Kwinti
    • Early Sranan
    • Sranan
  • Western
    • Belize Kriol English
    • Nicaragua Creole English
    • San Andres Creole English (Islander Creole English)
    • Jamaican Creole English
• Pacific
  • Bislama
  • Chinese Pidgin English
  • Hawai'i Creole English
  • Ngatik Men's Creole
  • Norf'k
  • Pijin
  • Kriol
  • Singlish
  • Torres Strait Creole
  • Tok Pisin
• Saramaccan

English based creole Languages Sorted Alphabetically

• Belize Creole
• Bislama
• Hawai'i Creole English
• Jamaican
• Kamtok
• Krio
• Kriol
• Pijin
• Saramaccan
• Sea Island Creole English
• Sranan
• Tok Pisin
• Torres Strait Creole