The ethnic insularity of the Basques, however, has fostered revivals. Attempts are now being made to standardize the orthography. When the pidgin replaces the community's original language, it is called a creole. Widely distributed throughout the world, creolized languages are native to between 10 and 15 million people. Different creoles share many common features, such as an outward simplicity and regularity that is believed to reflect universal linguistic processes.
Most creole languages have vocabularies derived from major European languages.
When creole coexists with the language on which it is lexically based, it blends with the base language to form a decreolization continuum. Except for Tok Pisin, which has semiofficial status in Papua New Guinea, and Creole, endowed with a semicodified orthography in Haiti, creoles still bear the stigma of their pidgin origin and their association with slavery and social inferiority. They are vernaculars that are not thought appropriate for administrative, educational, and literary functions. Index of French Educational Programs ePALS Classroom Exchange Meet and correspond with over 7,500 international K-12 students, schools, teachers, keypals and pen pals. This video series uses active participation to increase your fluency in French and help you experience French culture.