anticrioulo

Portuguese

noun
Definitions
  • (contact linguistics) anticreole a contact variety with European-language grammar and African-language lexicon

Etymology

Affix from Portuguese crioulo (creole, slave born in the house of his master, white person born in the colonies, black person born in the colonies).

Origin

Portuguese

crioulo

Gloss

creole, slave born in the house of his master, white person born in the colonies, black person born in the colonies

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