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From: Michiel Meeuwissen <meeuwiss@fys.ruu.nl>
Subject: Re: Creole
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Shinobu Satoh wrote:
> 
> Hi all,
> Is there any creole language other than based on English, French, Portuguese,
> or Spanish.
> 
> I believe there should be creoles based on Arabic or Chinese but
> could not find the information on them.
> 
> thanks in Advance.
> 
> SHINO

There exist also some, nearly extinct, creole languages based on dutch.
They were/are spoken in french guyana and the danish antils. Not in the
former dutch colonies Suriname or de dutch antilles.
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% Michiel Meeuwissen  (meeuwiss@fys.ruu.nl)
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