creole
noun [ C or U ] uk/kriˈəʊl/ us/kriˈoʊl/
(多种语言混合形成的)混合语
a language that has developed from a mixture of languages
creole-speaking tribes 讲混合语的部落
A creole develops a wider range of words, grammatical structures, and styles than is found in a pidgin.
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- Documents provide evidence that creoles are continuously changing.
- Pidgins become creoles when they are used by people as a mother-tongue.
- Many Afro-Caribbean Englishes are creoles.