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What countries are spoken in creole?

It's not accurate to say "countries are spoken in Creole." Creole languages are spoken in specific countries, not the other way around.

Here are some countries where Creole languages are spoken:

Caribbean:

* Haiti: Haitian Creole

* Jamaica: Jamaican Patois

* Dominican Republic: Dominican Creole Spanish

* Trinidad and Tobago: Trinidadian Creole

* Barbados: Bajan

* Guyana: Guyanese Creole

* Suriname: Sranan Tongo

* Puerto Rico: Spanglish

* Cuba: Cuban Spanish (influenced by Creole)

Africa:

* Cameroon: Cameroon Pidgin

* Nigeria: Nigerian Pidgin

* Sierra Leone: Krio

* Gabon: Gabonese French Creole

* Ivory Coast: Ivorian French Creole

* Congo: Lingala (considered a Creole by some linguists)

Americas:

* United States: Louisiana Creole, Gullah (South Carolina and Georgia)

* Canada: Cajun French (Nova Scotia)

* Brazil: Brazilian Portuguese (influenced by Creole)

Oceania:

* Hawaii: Hawaiian Pidgin English

* Vanuatu: Bislama

Other regions:

* India: Many Indian languages have Creole elements.

* Southeast Asia: Languages like Bahasa Indonesia and Malay have Creole influences.

Important note:

* This is not an exhaustive list. There are many other countries and regions where Creole languages are spoken.

* The specific names of Creole languages vary. For example, "Creole" in Haiti refers to Haitian Creole, while "Creole" in Jamaica refers to Jamaican Patois.

* "Creole" is a broad term referring to languages that develop from contact between different languages. They can be quite diverse.

To learn more about Creole languages in a specific country, you can search online for information about that country's "Creole language," "Pidgin language," or "dialect."

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