A creole originally meant a white colonist born in the tropics. Later it was extended to include African slaves and other residents of the tropical colonies, still later to include languages (and foods) used by creoles, and finally to include any language of this type. But as we have just seen it is not easy to define what is meant by a ‘language of this type’.
- DeCamp (1977), a pag.6

A creole is a fully developed language that has evolved from a pidgin and has as much potential for communication and expression as any other native language, but until recently it was a universal that creoles had low prestige, even among linguists.
- DeCamp (1977), a pag.8