Creole peoples Creole peoples Creole people are ethnic groups which originated during the colonial-era from racial mixing between Europeans and non-European peoples, known as creolisation. These groups are typically descended from White Western European colonial settlers, West African slaves, Haitians and indigenous peoples of the Americas, Africa, and Asia. Creole peoples vary widely in ethnic background and mixture, and many have since developed distinct ethnic identities. The development of creole languages is attributed to, but independent of, the emergence of creole ethnic identities. The English word "creole" derives from the French "créole", which in turn came from Portuguese "crioulo", a diminutive of
Piri piri of the Congo or in Malawi, deriving from the various pronunciations of the word in different parts of Bantu-speaking Africa. is also the spelling used as a loanword in the Portuguese language, especially in the Portuguese-speaking Mozambican community. The spelling is common in English, e.g. in reference to African-style chili sauces. The "Oxford Dictionary of English" records as a foreign word meaning "a very hot sauce made with red ", and gives its ultimate origin as the word for "pepper" (presumably in the native-African sense) in the Ronga language of southern Mozambique. Plants are usually very bushy and grow in