creolise
/ˈkriːəlaɪz/
verb
- To cause a language to become a creole, or to develop into a creole through mixing with other languages.
- Over centuries, the contact between different groups helped creolise the local language.
- Linguists study how trade routes can creolise a language.
- The process of creolising often happens when children grow up speaking a mixed language as their first language.