Editing Creole language (section)

==="Creole", a genuine linguistic concept===
On the other hand, McWhorter points out that in languages such as [[Bambara language|Bambara]], essentially a dialect of [[Manding languages|Manding]], there is ample non-transparent derivation, and that there is no reason to suppose that this would be absent in close relatives such as [[Mandinka language|Mandinka]] itself.{{sfnp|McWhorter|2005|p=16}} Moreover, he also observes that [[Soninke language|Soninke]] has what all linguists would analyze as [[inflection]]s, and that current lexicography of Soninke is too elementary for it to be stated with authority that it does not have non-transparent derivation.{{sfnp|McWhorter|2005|pp=35, 369}} Meanwhile, [[Magoua dialect|Magoua French]], as described by [[Henri Wittmann]], retains some indication of [[grammatical gender]], which qualifies as inflection, and it also retains non-transparent derivation.<ref>{{Harvcoltxt|Wittmann|1996}} and {{Harvcoltxt|Wittmann|1998}} as interpreted by {{Harvcoltxt|Parkvall|2000}}.</ref> Michel DeGraff's argument has been that [[Haitian Creole]] retains non-transparent derivation from French.