St. Martiner Creole [MART]
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Language type
Creole
Place & SpeakersSt. Martiner Creole is spoken by a population of around 100,000 .
Species
Human/humanoid
About St. Martiner Creole
St. Martiner Creole (or Martinese) is a creole spoken in an alt-history on the Caribbean island of Saint Martin. Although the island was shared by two nations (the French and the Dutch) during much of its history, approximately 90% of Martinese vocabulary is of Dutch origin with French, Spanish, English and various West African languages serving as substrata.
Much like Haitian Creole, Martinese developed due to contact between enslaved Africans and Dutch settlers. Martinese is somewhat intelligible with standard Dutch, albeit with a simpler, and sometimes unique, grammar.
Much like Haitian Creole, Martinese developed due to contact between enslaved Africans and Dutch settlers. Martinese is somewhat intelligible with standard Dutch, albeit with a simpler, and sometimes unique, grammar.
Sample of St. Martiner Creole[view] Alë mén vort fra en hëlék in vardëçat en réç hëbór. 'W is bëhiftëçt mét férstant en hëvet, en bëur jérhës mankan in dë hest faj brudëçap óp të tred.
All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.[view all texts]
All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.[view all texts]
Language family relationships
Language treeGermanic
⤷ Proto-Germanic
⤷ West Germanic
⤷ Frankish
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Dutch
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St. Martiner Creole
⤷ Proto-Germanic
⤷ West Germanic
⤷ Frankish
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Dutch⤷
St. Martiner Creole[view] About GermanicThe Germanic languages are a branch of the Indo-European language family spoken natively by a population of approximately 500 million people mainly in North America, Oceania, Western and Northern Europe. Proto-Germanic , which was spoken in approxima...
Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | Glottal | ||||||||
| Nasal | m | n | ɲ | ŋ | ||||||||||||
| Plosive | p | b | t | d | k | g | ||||||||||
| Fricative | f | v | s | z | ʃ | ʒ | h | |||||||||
| Affricate | t͡ʃ | |||||||||||||||
| Lateral approximant | l | |||||||||||||||
| Approximant | j | w | ||||||||||||||
| Flap | ɾ | |||||||||||||||
| Vowels | Front | Central | Back | |||
| Close | i | y | u | |||
| Close-mid | e | o | ||||
| Mid | ə | |||||
| Open-mid | ɛ | ɔ | ||||
| Open | a | |||||
Orthography
Below is the orthography for St. Martiner Creole. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
| St. Martiner CreoleOrthography [edit] | |||||||||
| Aa a /a/ | Bb bé /b/ | Cc cé /t͡ʃ/ | Çç éç /ʃ/ | Dd dé /d/ | Éé é /ɛ/ | Ee e /e/ | Ff éf /f/ | Gg gé /g/ | Hh hé /h/ |
| Ii i /i/ | Jj jé /j/ | Kk ké /k/ | Ll él /l/ | Mm ém /m/ | Ññ éñé /ɲ/ | Nn én /n/ | Oo/o/ | Óó/ɔ/ | Pp pé /p/ |
| Qq qé /ʒ/ | Rr ér /ɾ/ | Ss sé /s/ | Tt té /t/ | Uu/u/ | Vv vé /v/ | Ww/w/ | Yy y /y/ | ||
| ✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] | |||||||||
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