Kréyòl Gwadloupéyen
Guadeloupean Creole
French-based creole
Guadeloupean Creole (Kréyòl Gwadloupéyen) is the French-based creole of Guadeloupe and closely related to Martinican Creole — together often called Antillean Creole. Substantial substrate influence from West African languages brought during the Atlantic slave trade. Standardized in the GEREC-2 orthography. About 430,000 L1 speakers in Guadeloupe and the diaspora.
Where it is spoken
31 core words in Guadeloupean Creole
Water
dlo
/dlo/
Fire
difé
/dife/
Sun
solèy
/solɛj/
Moon
lalin
/lalin/
Star
zétwal
/zetwal/
Mother
manman
/mãmã/
Father
papa
/papa/
I
an
/ã/
You
ou
/u/
Name
non
/nɔ̃/
Eye
zyé
/zje/
Hand
men
/mɛ̃/
Heart
kè
/kɛ/
Love
lanmou
/lãmu/
Tree
pyé bwa
/pje bwa/
House
kaz
/kaz/
Dog
chyen
/ʃjɛ̃/
Cat
chat
/ʃat/
Eat
manjé
/mãʒe/
Drink
bwè
/bwɛ/
One
yonn
/jõn/
Two
dé
/de/
Hello
bonjou
/bõʒu/
Thank you
mèsi
/mɛsi/
Good
bon
/bõ/
Sources
- Ludwig et al. (2002) — Dictionnaire créole français
- Ethnologue 27: Guadeloupean Creole
Words compared
Compared with related French-based creole languages
| Meaning | Guadeloupean Creole | Haitian Creole | French Guianese Creole | Réunion Creole | Seychellois Creole | Saint Lucian Creole | Mauritian Creole |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Water | dlo /dlo/ | dlo /dlo/ | dlo /dlo/ | dlo /dlo/ | delo /delo/ | dlo /dlo/ | dilo /dilo/ |
| Fire | difé /dife/ | dife /dife/ | dife /dife/ | dofé /dofe/ | dife /dife/ | difé /dife/ | dife /dife/ |
| Sun | solèy /solɛj/ | solèy /sɔlɛj/ | solèy /sɔlɛj/ | soley /solej/ | soley /solej/ | solèy /solɛj/ | soley /solej/ |
| Moon | lalin /lalin/ | lalin /lalin/ | lalin /lalin/ | lalinn /lalin/ | lalin /lalin/ | lalin /lalin/ | lalinn /lalin/ |
| Star | zétwal /zetwal/ | zetwal /zetwal/ | zetwal /zetwal/ | zétoil /zetwal/ | zetwal /zetwal/ | zetwal /zetwal/ | zetwal /zetwal/ |
| Mother | manman /mãmã/ | manman /mɑ̃mɑ̃/ | manman /mɑ̃mɑ̃/ | manmon /mãmõ/ | manman /mãmã/ | manman /mɑ̃mɑ̃/ | mama /mama/ |
| Father | papa /papa/ | papa /papa/ | papa /papa/ | papa /papa/ | papa /papa/ | papa /papa/ | papa /papa/ |
| I | an /ã/ | mwen /mwɛ̃/ | mo /mo/ | mwin /mwɛ̃/ | mon /mɔ̃/ | mwen /mwɛ̃/ | mo /mo/ |
| You | ou /u/ | ou /u/ | to /to/ | ou /u/ | ou /u/ | ou /u/ | to /to/ |
| Name | non /nɔ̃/ | non /nɔ̃/ | non /nɔ̃/ | nom /nɔm/ | non /nɔ̃/ | non /nõ/ | nom /nom/ |
| Eye | zyé /zje/ | je /ʒe/ | zye /zje/ | zié /zje/ | lizye /lizje/ | zié /zje/ | lizie /lizje/ |
| Hand | men /mɛ̃/ | men /mɛ̃/ | men /mɛn/ | lamin /lamɛ̃/ | lanmen /lãmɛ̃/ | lanmen /lɑ̃mɛn/ | lame /lame/ |
| Heart | kè /kɛ/ | kè /kɛ/ | kè /kɛ/ | ker /kɛʁ/ | leker /lekeʁ/ | tjè /tʃɛ/ | leker /lekeɾ/ |
| Love | lanmou /lãmu/ | lanmou /lɑ̃mu/ | renmen /rɛ̃mɛn/ | lamour /lamuʁ/ | lanmour /lãmuʁ/ | anmou /ɑ̃mu/ | lamour /lamuɾ/ |
| Tree | pyé bwa /pje bwa/ | pyebwa /pjebwa/ | bwa /bwa/ | pyébwa /pjebwa/ | pye dibwa /pje dibwa/ | piébwa /pjebwa/ | pye /pje/ |
| House | kaz /kaz/ | kay /kaj/ | kaz /kaz/ | kaz /kaz/ | lakaz /lakaz/ | kay /kaj/ | lakaz /lakaz/ |
| Dog | chyen /ʃjɛ̃/ | chen /ʃɛ̃/ | chen /ʃɛ̃/ | lisien /lisjɛ̃/ | lisyen /lisjɛ̃/ | chyen /tʃjɛn/ | lisien /lisjɛ̃/ |
| Cat | chat /ʃat/ | chat /ʃat/ | chat /ʃa/ | shat /ʃat/ | sat /sat/ | chat /tʃa/ | sat /sat/ |
| Eat | manjé /mãʒe/ | manje /mɑ̃ʒe/ | manjé /mɑ̃ʒe/ | manz /mãz/ | manze /mãze/ | manjé /mɑ̃ʒe/ | manze /mãze/ |
| Drink | bwè /bwɛ/ | bwè /bwɛ/ | bwè /bwɛ/ | bwar /bwaʁ/ | bwar /bwaʁ/ | bwè /bwɛ/ | bwar /bwaɾ/ |
| One | yonn /jõn/ | youn /jun/ | youn /jun/ | inn /in/ | enn /ɛn/ | yonn /jɔn/ | enn /ɛn/ |
| Two | dé /de/ | de /de/ | de /de/ | de /de/ | de /de/ | dé /de/ | de /de/ |
| Hello | bonjou /bõʒu/ | bonjou /bɔ̃ʒu/ | bonjou /bõʒu/ | bonzour /bõzuʁ/ | bonzour /bõzuʁ/ | bonjou /bɔ̃ʒu/ | bonzour /bõzuɾ/ |
| Thank you | mèsi /mɛsi/ | mèsi /mɛsi/ | mèsi /mɛsi/ | mersi /mɛʁsi/ | mersi /mɛʁsi/ | mèsi /mɛsi/ | mersi /meɾsi/ |
| Good | bon /bõ/ | bon /bɔ̃/ | bon /bõ/ | bon /bõ/ | bon /bõ/ | bon /bɔ̃/ | bon /bõ/ |
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