Test: AP Human Geography

Part of the cause for the world having over 6,000 languages spoken in the world today is that new languages were formed by the merging of two different languages during the period of colonization. This happened as the colonizer's language mixed with the indigenous language of the people being dominated. Often the languages naturally merged parts of each together to form a new unique dialect. Sometimes this new dialect grows to a status of being so unique from either original language that it can now be classified as its own language, unable to be completely understood by native speakers of either original language. Languages that develop in this way are called a "creole" or "creolized language". There are many different creole languages spoken throughout the world today, some more popular than others.

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Which of the following languages is not a "creole" or "creolized language?"

Haitian Creole

Papiamento

Canadian French

Portuguese Creole

Bislama

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