Which sentence best characterizes the creole languages that developed among slaves in some parts of the South in the seventeenth century?
a. Creole languages were a mixture of English and different African languages.
b. Creole languages were a mixture of different African languages with no English.
c. Creole languages were a mixture of French, English, and Dutch languages.
d. Creole languages were written versions of African languages.
e. Creole languages were informal, colloquial versions of English.
A
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