Creole-Speaking Countries 2025

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Country
Official Language
Creole Variant(s) Spoken
Subregion
Haiti Creole-FrenchCaribbean
Papua New Guinea Creole-EnglishMelanesia
Sao Tome and Principe Creole-PortugueseMiddle Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa
Seychelles Creole, Creole-FrenchEastern Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa
India Creole, Creole-PortugueseSouthern Asia, South Central Asia
United States Creole-EnglishNorthern America
Nigeria Creole-EnglishWestern Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa
Brazil Creole-FrenchSouth America, Latin America
Japan Creole-EnglishEastern Asia
United Kingdom Creole-EnglishNorthern Europe
Kenya Creole-ArabicEastern Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa
Colombia Creole-EnglishSouth America, Latin America
Uganda Creole-ArabicEastern Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa
Malaysia Creole-English, Creole-PortugueseSoutheast Asia
Cameroon Creole-English-French-CameroonianMiddle Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa
Australia Creole-EnglishAustralia and New Zealand
Sri Lanka Creole-PortugueseSouthern Asia, South Central Asia
South Sudan Creole-ArabicMiddle Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa
Sierra Leone Creole-EnglishWestern Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa
Nicaragua CreoleCentral America, Latin America
Singapore Creole-EnglishSoutheast Asia
Liberia Liberian KreyolWestern Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa
Costa Rica Creole-EnglishCentral America, Latin America
Panama CreoleCentral America, Latin America
Jamaica Creole-EnglishCaribbean
Guinea Bissau Creole-PortugueseWestern Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa
Equatorial Guinea Creole-PortugueseMiddle Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa
Trinidad and Tobago Creole-EnglishCaribbean
Mauritius Creole, Creole-FrenchEastern Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa
Reunion Creole-FrenchEastern Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa
Guyana Creole-English, Creole-DutchSouth America, Latin America
Suriname Creole-EnglishSouth America, Latin America
Cape Verde Creole-PortugueseWestern Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa
Belize Creole-EnglishCentral America, Latin America
Bahamas Creole-EnglishCaribbean
Vanuatu Creole-EnglishMelanesia
French Guiana Creole-FrenchSouth America, Latin America
Barbados Creole-EnglishCaribbean
Grenada Creole-English, Creole-FrenchCaribbean
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Creole-EnglishCaribbean
Antigua and Barbuda Creole-EnglishCaribbean
Dominica Creole-English, Creole-FrenchCaribbean
Saint Kitts and Nevis Creole-EnglishCaribbean
Sint Maarten CreoleCaribbean
Saint Martin CreoleCaribbean, Latin America
ChinaEastern Asia
IndonesiaSoutheast Asia
PakistanSouthern Asia, South Central Asia
BangladeshSouthern Asia, South Central Asia
RussiaEastern Europe
EthiopiaEastern Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa
MexicoCentral America, Latin America
EgyptNorthern Africa, The Middle East
PhilippinesSoutheast Asia
DR CongoMiddle Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa
VietnamSoutheast Asia
IranSouthern Asia, The Middle East
TurkeyWestern Asia, The Middle East
GermanyWestern Europe
ThailandSoutheast Asia
TanzaniaEastern Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa
FranceWestern Europe
South AfricaSouthern Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa
ItalySouthern Europe
MyanmarSoutheast Asia
South KoreaEastern Asia
SudanNorthern Africa
SpainSouthern Europe
AlgeriaNorthern Africa
IraqWestern Asia, The Middle East
ArgentinaSouth America, Latin America
AfghanistanSouth Central Asia, Southern Asia
YemenWestern Asia, The Middle East
CanadaNorthern America
AngolaMiddle Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa
UkraineEastern Europe
MoroccoNorthern Africa
PolandEastern Europe
UzbekistanCentral Asia, South Central Asia
MozambiqueEastern Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa
GhanaWestern Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa
PeruSouth America, Latin America
Saudi ArabiaWestern Asia, The Middle East
MadagascarEastern Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa
Ivory CoastWestern Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa
NepalSouthern Asia, South Central Asia
VenezuelaSouth America, Latin America
NigerWestern Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa
North KoreaEastern Asia
SyriaWestern Asia, The Middle East
MaliWestern Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa
Burkina FasoWestern Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa
TaiwanEastern Asia
MalawiEastern Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa
ZambiaEastern Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa
ChadMiddle Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa
KazakhstanCentral Asia
ChileSouth America, Latin America
SomaliaEastern Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa
SenegalWestern Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa
RomaniaEastern Europe
GuatemalaCentral America, Latin America
NetherlandsWestern Europe
EcuadorSouth America, Latin America
CambodiaSoutheast Asia
ZimbabweEastern Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa
GuineaWestern Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa
BeninWestern Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa
RwandaEastern Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa
BurundiEastern Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa
BoliviaSouth America, Latin America
TunisiaNorthern Africa
BelgiumWestern Europe
JordanWestern Asia, The Middle East
Dominican RepublicCaribbean
United Arab EmiratesWestern Asia, The Middle East
HondurasCentral America, Latin America
CubaCaribbean
TajikistanCentral Asia, South Central Asia
SwedenNorthern Europe
Czech RepublicEastern Europe
PortugalSouthern Europe
AzerbaijanWestern Asia
GreeceSouthern Europe
TogoWestern Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa
HungaryEastern Europe
IsraelWestern Asia, The Middle East
AustriaWestern Europe
BelarusEastern Europe
SwitzerlandWestern Europe
LaosSoutheast Asia
TurkmenistanCentral Asia, South Central Asia
LibyaNorthern Africa
Hong KongEastern Asia
KyrgyzstanCentral Asia, South Central Asia
ParaguaySouth America, Latin America
BulgariaEastern Europe
SerbiaSouthern Europe
Republic of the CongoMiddle Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa
El SalvadorCentral America, Latin America
DenmarkNorthern Europe
LebanonWestern Asia, The Middle East
FinlandNorthern Europe
NorwayNorthern Europe
PalestineWestern Asia, The Middle East
Central African RepublicMiddle Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa
OmanWestern Asia, The Middle East
SlovakiaEastern Europe
MauritaniaWestern Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa
IrelandNorthern Europe
New ZealandAustralia and New Zealand
KuwaitWestern Asia, The Middle East
CroatiaSouthern Europe
GeorgiaWestern Asia
EritreaEastern Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa
MongoliaEastern Asia
UruguaySouth America, Latin America
Puerto RicoCaribbean
Bosnia and HerzegovinaSouthern Europe
QatarWestern Asia, The Middle East
NamibiaSouthern Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa
MoldovaEastern Europe
ArmeniaWestern Asia
LithuaniaNorthern Europe
GambiaWestern Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa
AlbaniaSouthern Europe
GabonMiddle Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa
BotswanaSouthern Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa
LesothoSouthern Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa
SloveniaSouthern Europe
LatviaNorthern Europe
North MacedoniaSouthern Europe
BahrainWestern Asia, The Middle East
Timor LesteSoutheast Asia
CyprusEastern Europe, The Middle East
EstoniaNorthern Europe
EswatiniSouthern Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa
DjiboutiEastern Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa
FijiMelanesia
ComorosEastern Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa
Solomon IslandsMelanesia
BhutanSouthern Asia, South Central Asia
MacauEastern Asia
LuxembourgWestern Europe
MontenegroSouthern Europe
Western SaharaNorthern Africa
MaltaSouthern Europe
MaldivesSouthern Asia, South Central Asia
BruneiSoutheast Asia
IcelandNorthern Europe
GuadeloupeCaribbean, Latin America
MartiniqueCaribbean, Latin America
MayotteEastern Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa
New CaledoniaMelanesia
French PolynesiaPolynesia
SamoaPolynesia
CuracaoCaribbean
Saint LuciaCaribbean
GuamMicronesia
KiribatiMicronesia
MicronesiaMicronesia
ArubaCaribbean
JerseyNorthern Europe, Sub-Saharan Africa
TongaPolynesia
United States Virgin IslandsCaribbean
Isle of ManNorthern Europe
AndorraSouthern Europe
Cayman IslandsCaribbean
BermudaNorthern America
GuernseyNorthern Europe
Faroe IslandsNorthern Europe
GreenlandNorthern America
Turks and Caicos IslandsCaribbean
American SamoaPolynesia
Northern Mariana IslandsMicronesia
LiechtensteinWestern Europe
GibraltarSouthern Europe
British Virgin IslandsCaribbean
MonacoWestern Europe
Marshall IslandsMicronesia
San MarinoSouthern Europe
PalauMicronesia
AnguillaCaribbean
Cook IslandsPolynesia
NauruMicronesia
Saint BarthelemyCaribbean, Latin America
Wallis and FutunaPolynesia
TuvaluPolynesia
Saint Pierre and MiquelonNorthern America
MontserratCaribbean
Falkland IslandsSouth America, Latin America
TokelauPolynesia
NiuePolynesia
Vatican CitySouthern Europe
  • Linguistically, creole languages are “in-between” languages that appear in regions where people groups who speak separate primary languages need to communicate, so a blended “creole” language develops over time. Due to this unique method of origin, creole languages are rarely an official country language even in countries where some form of creole is widely spoken.