| Baker identified four varieties of Mauritian creole associated with different ethnolinguistic groups. |
| A population of Portuguese descent, who speak a Portuguese creole, are the descendants of colonists from the 16th and 17th centuries. |
| It is not always clear whether they should be classified as Romance, pidgins, creole languages, or mixed languages. |
| With the arrival of the Spanish in 1532, the current mestizo and creole cultures of Piura were born. |
| The local Cape Verdean community speak a similar Portuguese creole, Cape Verdean Creole, and standard Portuguese. |
| The creole cooks have made famous such dishes as chicken gumbo, chicken la creole, and pompano. |
