creolising
/ˈkriːəlaɪzɪŋ/
verb
- The process of a language mixing with another language to form a new, stable language (a creole), often in a colonial context.
- Over centuries, the local dialect began creolising with the colonizers' speech.
- The linguist studied how French and African languages were creolising in the Caribbean.
- The community is creolising their traditional tongue with English words.