A lexifier is the language that provides the basis for the majority of a pidgin or creole language's vocabulary (lexicon). Often this language is also...

French-based creole language, is a creole for which French is the lexifier. Most often this lexifier is not modern French but rather a 17th- or 18th-century koiné...

postulated phenomenon whereby over time a creole language reconverges with the lexifier from which it originally derived. The notion has attracted criticism from...

limited to core vocabulary, words with only a specific meaning in the lexifier language may acquire a completely new (or additional) meaning in the pidgin...

crioulo) are creole languages which have Portuguese as their substantial lexifier. The most widely-spoken creoles influenced by Portuguese are Cape Verdean...

language was unique, in that the lexifier language was the language found at the contact site. More often the lexifier is the language that arrives at...

language exists alongside its lexifier language, as in Belize, a creole continuum forms between the Creole and the lexifier language. This is known as code-switching...

shortened to English creole) is a creole language for which English was the lexifier, meaning that at the time of its formation the vocabulary of English served...

A Dutch creole is a creole language whose main lexifier is the Dutch language, a West Germanic language of the Low Countries. These creoles usually developed...

language with native speakers) for which Spanish serves as its substantial lexifier. A number of creole languages are influenced to varying degrees by the...

similarities amongst pidgins and creoles despite having very different lexifier languages. Grammatical simplification can be explained by other processes...

March 2023. Retrieved 29 April 2014. "The Classification of the English-Lexifier Creole Languages Spoken in Grenada, Guyana, St Vincent, and Tobago Using...

(especially Metro Manila), are also mixed languages, with Hokkien as the base lexifier. Hokkien speakers in different regions refer to the language as: Bân-lâm-gú...

Creole and Miskito Coast Creole. Its vocabulary originates in English, its lexifier, but San Andrés–Providencia creole has its own phonetics and many expressions...

language exists alongside its lexifier language, as is the case in Belize, a continuum forms between the creole and the lexifier language. Approximately 52...

also the National Language), Mandarin, and Tamil. Although English is the lexifier language, Singlish has its unique slang and syntax, which are more pronounced...

December 2024 at the Wayback Machine Are They Dying? The Case of Some French-lexifier Creoles, by Jo-Anne Ferreira and David Holbrook (2001), page 9] "Oil down...

both /ŋ/ and /ŋɡ/. Tok Pisin has a smaller number of phonemes than its lexifier language, English. It has around 24 core phonemes: 5 vowels and around...

simply Japanese Creoles are creole languages for which Japanese is the lexifier. This article also contains information on Japanese pidgin languages, contact...

Sinhala and Shonam (Sri Lankan Muslim Tamil), with Malay being the major lexifier. It is traditionally spoken by the Sri Lankan Malays, Javanese Sri Lankans...

languages, it is sometimes incorrectly perceived to be a "broken" form of the lexifier language - in this case, English. Due in part to this perception of Singlish...

language is in constant contact with Standardised English (superstrate or lexifier language) and is called a creole speech continuum. The least prestigious...

common language other than Standard English is the island's own English-lexifier Creole language (not to be confused with Antillean Creole ('French Creole')...

Sinhala and Shonam (Sri Lankan Muslim Tamil), with Malay being the major lexifier. It is traditionally spoken by the Sri Lankan Malays, Javanese Sri Lankans...

(or a linguistic continuum): the variety of the language closest to the lexifier language (the acrolect) cannot be distinguished systematically from intermediate...

community. It is a mixture of English and Irish, with Irish being the lexifier language. Shelta is a secret language, with a refusal by the Travellers...

became Chavacano. The Zamboanga variety of Chavacano has Spanish as its lexifier and with its grammar influenced by the other Austronesian languages of...

and Belizean Creole. Those languages are speculated to use English as a lexifier (most of their vocabularies are derived from English) and that their syntax...

[citation needed] The grammar of the language used aspects from many of its lexifiers. The infinitive was used for all verb forms and the lexicon was primarily...

percentage of its lexicon from more than one source (most creoles have one main lexifier language). Also, it is said to be both an English-based creole and a Portuguese-based...