Guadeloupean Creole (Gwadloupéyen)

Guadeloupean Creole or Guadeloupean Creole French is spoken on the Caribbean island of Guadeloupe by about 430,000 people. It is mainly French-Based, but also has some vocabulary from English, Bantu languages and Amerindian languages. The language is also known as Patwa, Patois or Kreyol.

Guadeloupean Creole is more or less mutually intelligible with the creoles of Martinique and Haiti.

Guadeloupean Creole alphabet

Guadeloupean Creole alphabet

Guadeloupean Creole pronunciation

Guadeloupean Creole pronunciation

Information about the Guadeloupean Creole alphabet and pronunciation compiled by Wolfram Siegel

Links

Information about Guadeloupean Creole
http://www.in-west-indies.com/guadeloupe/practical-information/creole-lexicon.htm
http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=gcf
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Créole_guadeloupéen
http://www.toulangues.org/dossiers/dossiers.php?val=560_le+creole+guadeloupeen

Online lessons in Guadeloupean Creole (in French)
http://chelaire.free.fr

Other creole languages

Aukaans/Ndjuká, Bislama, Cape Verdean Creole, Chavacano, Guadeloupean Creole, Haitian Creole, Jamaican, Nagamese, Papiamento, Saramaccan, Seychelles Creole, Sranan, Tok Pisin

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