postcreole

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English

Etymology

From post- +‎ creole.

Adjective

postcreole (not comparable)

  1. (linguistics) After a creole; after decreolization has taken place.
    • 2010, Concise Encyclopedia of Languages of the World, page 870:
      There is a postcreole situation when the creole has lost most of its speakers, as in Louisiana []

Noun

postcreole (plural postcreoles)

  1. (linguistics) A creole language after decreolization has taken place.

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