Creole Languages: French-Based Creole Languages

A French creole, or French-based creole language, is a creole language (contact language with native speakers) for which French is the lexifier. Most often this lexifier is not modern French but rather a 17th-century koiné of French from Paris, the French Atlantic harbors, and the nascent French colonies. French-based creole languages are spoken natively by millions of people worldwide, primarily in the Americas and on archipelagos throughout the Indian Ocean. (Wikipedia contributors. "French-based creole languages." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 8 Dec. 2019. Web. 26 Dec. 2019.)