German-based creole languages

German-based creole languages

A German creole, more properly a German-based creole language, is a creole language with a significant influence from the German language.

*Unserdeutsch - ("Our German"), or "Rabaul Creole German", is a creole language spoken primarily in Papua New Guinea and the northeast of Australia. It was formed among the New Guinean children residing in a German-run orphanage. Fewer than 100 native speakers exist today, 15 of whom live in New Britain.
*Namibian Black German or "Küchendeutsch" - a German creole formerly spoken in German South West Africa, now Namibia.
*Belgranodeutsch


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