Webography
Very comprehensive website with straightforward information about what creoles and pidgins are, different types of creoles and some very basic characteristics. It is very limited but gives an interesting general idea of the subject.
This page brings information exclusively about English-based creoles, such as names, types, location, influences. Unfortunately, there is nothing but the name of some of the creoles cited in the page, but it is worth having a look!
This area of the BBC website brings the story of how the creoles evolved in the Caribbean. It is said that there are differences between the English-based creoles there but they are intelligible. It also says that the social class and the topic of the conversation play an important role in the use of creole or standard English. Many children today are bidialectal in the Caribbean, switching from the local British dialect to the creole. Creoles based on other European languages, such as French and Dutch, also exist in the region.
Apart from explaining the origins of pidgin and creoles languages, the greatest contribution of this website it that it shows examples of creoles from Papua New Guinea, Cameroon and Seychelles. It is short, but very interesting!
