Creole is not a dialect of the French Language and monolingual Francophones cannot understand the language.
It is a language with its own grammar, syntax and orthography which makes it distinct from French or any other language it may resemble; the notion that Creole is an inferior language is a colonial inference and is not based on linguistic fact.
Concerning vocabulary, 90% of the words come from the French language while the remaining words come from various African languages Spanish, Carib, Portuguese, and Arabic.
Since I Do not speak Creole French like that of My Ancestors I cannot ascertain exactly what form of the French dialect they are speaking, but From My limited knowledge of Our Creole Language it appears to be a French dialect of the Creole Language which is more closely related to Louisiana Creole...
Feel free to visit their web-site link below to read, listen and learn about the History of The Language of Our Creole ancestors...I pray that it will never disappear but again that is up to Efforts Our Creole People |
| Cane River valley Creoles speaking French....... click for website |
