How have Pidgins and Creoles Gotten their Names?
Chinese     Pidgin     English


Cameroon Pidgin English (Cameroon, W. Africa)
Louisiana Creole French (Louisiana, USA)
Berbice Creole Dutch (Berbice County, Guyana)
Nauru Chinese Pidgin English (Nauru, New Zealand)
Bombay Creole Portuguese (Maharastra, India)
Jamaican Creole (Jamaica, West Indies)

Tok Pisin (Papua New Guinea)
Sranan (Suriname)
Afrikaans (South Africa)
Saman‡ (Dominican Republic)
Bislama (Vanuatu)
Krey—l (Haiti)
location      type         lexifier