Editing Belize (section)

====Belizean Creole language====
For all intents and purposes, Creole is an ethnic and linguistic denomination. Some natives, even with blonde hair and blue eyes, may call themselves Creoles.<ref name="Johnson 2003 pp. 598">{{cite journal|author=Johnson, Melissa A.|title=The Making of Race and Place in Nineteenth-Century British Honduras|journal=Environmental History|volume=8|issue=4|year=2003|pages=598–617|jstor=3985885|doi=10.2307/3985885|bibcode=2003EnvH....8..598J |hdl=11214/203|s2cid=144161630|url=https://suscholar.southwestern.edu/bitstream/11214/203/1/Johnson%20--%20The%20Making%20of%20Race.pdf}}{{Dead link|date=February 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes}}</ref>

[[Belizean Creole]] or ''Kriol'' developed during the time of slavery, and historically was only spoken by former enslaved Africans. It became an integral part of the Belizean identity, spoken by about 45% of Belizeans.<ref name="census2010">{{cite web |title=Belize Population and Housing Census 2010: Country Report |url=http://www.sib.org.bz/Portals/0/docs/publications/census/2010_Census_Report.pdf |publisher=Statistical Institute of Belize |year=2013 |access-date=11 December 2014 |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160127084833/http://www.sib.org.bz/Portals/0/docs/publications/census/2010_Census_Report.pdf |archive-date=27 January 2016}}</ref><ref name="Johnson 2003 pp. 598"/> Belizean Creole is derived mainly from English. Its [[substratum (linguistics)|substrate languages]] are the Native American language [[Miskito language|Miskito]], and the various [[West African]] and [[Bantu languages]], native languages of the enslaved Africans. Creoles are found all over Belize, but predominantly in urban areas such as Belize City, coastal towns and villages, and in the Belize River Valley.<ref>[http://www.kriol.org.bz/ Belize Kriol] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080928123702/http://www.kriol.org.bz/ |date=28 September 2008 }} – Kriol.org.bz (16 March 2013). Retrieved on 12 July 2013.</ref>