Kriol

Abstract

Abstract Kriol has been part of the language ecology of Indigenous Australians in Northern Australia for around a century. Spoken by around 20,000 people it has also now been the subject of linguistic research for around half a century. This chapter offers a panoramic view of Kriol, beginning with summary discussions of its origins, status, and ethnolinguistic vitality. This is followed by commentary on where Kriol fits in relation to English, to other creole languages and to substrate languages. The discussion of structural aspects of Kriol pays attention to lexical and semantic aspects, discourse, pragmatics, and variation while still covering core features of phonology, morphology, and syntax. The chapter also serves to bring attention to an array of research that has been carried out on Kriol in the past decade.

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