Differences in opinion among linguists in the origin and definition about Creole languages explains why they have always been issues concerning linguistic typology. In the first place, linguists have not showed that creoles develop differently from other languages. Secondly, there are no structural features that all Creoles share. Additionally, they are no structural criteria than can be used to distinguish creoles from other types of languages and most importantly, the socio-historical background of Creoles must be considered. There have been a number of conflicted views among most linguists concerning the origins of creoles. Originally, the term Creole referred to people. According to Decamp, (1971) ‘creole was originally a definition for a European white man born and raised in a tropical or semitropical colony. Later this concept changed and was extended to include indigenous natives and others of non-European origin, e.g African slaves’(31). Roberts also states that the general term creole ‘was a term of contrast which highlighted the difference between those born in the New world and others (3).According to Mufwene (1988) creoles might not have been considered a language until the late eighteenth century. The term was then applied to certain languages spoken by creoles in and around the Caribbean and West Africa (Decamp 31). Over the years it has been realized that creoles are full-fledged natural languages, with a fully developed grammatical system. Creoles are spoken all over the world including the Caribbean, South American, Africa and Asia. Defining Creoles is not an easy task. Christie (1983) cites from Hall noting a ‘creole is a native language which results the expansion of a pidgin, the latter being nobody’s mother tongue and...