Antillean Creole

Antillean Creole
kreyòl, kréyòl, kréyol, kwéyòl, patois, patwa
Native toFrench Antilles (esp. Guadeloupe and Martinique), Dominica, Grenada, Saint Lucia, Haiti, Trinidad and Tobago
Native speakers
(13 million cited 1998–2001)
Language codes
ISO 639-3Variously:
gcf  Guadeloupean Creole
acf  Dominican Creole / Martinican / Saint Lucian
scf  San Miguel Creole French (Panama)
Glottologless1242
ELPNE
Linguasphere51-AAC-cc (varieties: 51-AAC-cca to -cck)
IETFcpf-029

Antillean French Creole (also known as Lesser Antillean Creole, Kreyol, or Patois) is a French-based creole language that is primarily spoken in the Lesser Antilles caribbean. Its grammar and vocabulary include elements of indigenous languages, African languages, French, and English.