Cape Verdean Creole

Cape Verdean Creole
kabuverdianu,[1][2] kriolu, kriol
Native toCape Verde
EthnicityCape Verdeans
Native speakers
871,000 (2017)[3]
Portuguese Creole
  • Afro-Portuguese Creole
    • Upper Guinea Creole
      • Cape Verdean Creole
Latin (ALUPEC)
Language codes
ISO 639-3kea
Glottologkabu1256
Linguasphere51-AAC-aa
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Cape Verdean Creole is a Portuguese-based creole language spoken on the islands of Cape Verde.[4] It is the native creole language of virtually all Cape Verdeans and is used as a second language by the Cape Verdean diaspora.

The creole has particular importance for creolistics studies since it is the oldest living creole.[5] It is the most widely spoken Portuguese-based creole language.

The full, formal name is Cape Verdean Creole (kabuverdianu), but in everyday usage the creole is simply called "Creole" (kriolu/kriol) by its speakers.

  1. ^ "Kabuverdianu | Ethnologue Free". Ethnologue (Free All). Retrieved 19 May 2023.
  2. ^ Veiga, Manuel (1982). Diskrison strutural di lingua Kabuverdianu. Praia: Institutu Kabuverdianu di Livru.
  3. ^ Cape Verdean Creole at Ethnologue (19th ed., 2016) Closed access icon
  4. ^ Steve and Trina Graham (10 August 2004). "West Africa Lusolexed Creoles Word List File Documentation". SIL International. Retrieved 2 August 2012.
  5. ^ Dulce Pereira (October 2006). Crioulos de Base Portuguesa (in Portuguese). Caminho. p. 24. ISBN 978-972-21-1822-4. o [crioulo] de Cabo Verde [é] o mais antigo que se conhece

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