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Creole spoken Internationally
Early Creole Languages

Colonial Era French Creoles

Courtesy smithsonian Institute

Martinique - Caribbean Island

Mauritius

The Gullah Language

The Senegal Lauguage with Creole Roots

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Speaking

Louisiana Creole


 

 
 
The Creole Language


Many linguists and ethnographers have discussed the three varieties of French that co-exists' in Louisiana:

There are 3 basic French Language types spoken in Louisiana

 

 

 

 

 
Web Site Dictionary on Louisiana Creole... Click here

 


 
Louisiana/Caribbean Creole
 

 

Basic conversation in Creole
English
Creole
Pronunciation
Good morning
bonmaten
bon+ma+ten
Good afternoon
bon lapwè midi

bon+lap+weh+me

+dee

Good evening
bonswè
bon+sway
Good night (use when going to sleep)
bon lanwit
bon+lan+wheat
Hello
bonjou
bon+jou
Please
souplé
sou+play
Thanks
mèsi
meh+see
How are you?
sa'w fè
sa+woo+feh
I am fine
mwen-la (I dey)
mweh-lah
I am fine
mwen byen
mweh+biyehn
I am fine thank you
mwen byen mèsi

mwenh+biyehn

+meh+see

See you later!
pli ta!
p+li+tah
Call me!
kriyé mwen!
k+ri+yay+mweh
What is your name?
kisa non-ou?
kee+sah+now
What is your name?
sa ki non-ou?
sa+qui+now
My name is ....
non-mwen sé...
no+mweh+say
How old are you?
ki laj ou / ki laj ou

kee+large+ou

+kee

I m ten years old
mwen ni sèt anné

mweh+knee+set

+an+nay

I am
mwen sé...
mweh+say
Lady
danm
dan+m
Madam
madanm
ma+dan+m
Sir
misyé
miss+yay
Miss
manzèl
man+zel
Where are you?
koté ou yé?
cotay+ou+yay
Where are you?
ola ou yé?
oh+la+ou yay
Where is he/she?
koté li yé?
cotay+lee+yay
What can i do?
Kisa mwen pé fè?

qui+sa-mweh+pay

+feh

I am glad
mwen kontan
mweh+con+tan
I am happy
mwen kontan
mweh+con+tan
Glad to meet you (plural)
kontan wè zòt
con+tan+way+z+ot
Glad to meet you (singular)
kontan wè ou
con+tan+way+ou
Are you married?
Ou mayé?
ou+mah+yay
Yes
wi
we
No
non
noh
This is my husband
mi mari-mwen
me+ma+ree+mweh
This is my wife
mi fanm-mwen
mee+fan+m+mweh
Do you have children?
Ou ni zanfan?
ou+knee+zan+fan
I have children
mwen ni zanfan

mweh+knee+zan+fan

I don't have children
mwen pa ni zanfan

mweh+pah+knee

+zan+fan

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.

Source

 

 

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

 

Farming

Losing the French Language

Raising Livestock

 

Louisiana... Afro/Creoleck

Click here for video

Courtesy Smithsonian Institute

 

 

Footnote

...Frenchcreoles does not necessarily agree with these presumptions on the Genesis of the Creole Language but will continue to present the publishers point of view along with more meaningful difinitions as time goes on

 

 
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