קרעאָל

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Yiddish

Etymology

German Kreol or Russian креол (kreol), from Portuguese crioulo.

Pronunciation

Noun

קרעאָל (kreolm, plural קרעאָלן (kreoln), feminine קרעאָלקע (kreolke)

  1. Creole
  2. (linguistics) creole language
    • 2023 June 22, Dor Shabashewitz, “אַ ייִדישע קרעאָל־שפּראַך אין די קאַריבישע אינדזלען [a yidishe kreol-shprakh in di karibishe indzlen]”, in The Yiddish Daily Forward:
      רובֿ פֿון זיי האָבן אויך זייער ספּעציפֿישע גראַמאַטישע סטרוקטורן — ענלעך צו די אַנדערע קרעאָלן אויף דער וועלט, אָבער אומגעוויינטלעך אין פֿאַרגלײַך מיט אַלע אַנדערע שפּראַכן.
      ruv fun zey hobn oykh zeyer spetsifishe gramatishe strukturn — enlekh tsu di andere kreoln oyf der velt, ober umgeveyntlekh in farglaykh mit ale andere shprakhn.
      Most of them also have very peculiar grammatical structures, similar to other creoles around the world, but unusual compared to all other languages.