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Saramaccan may be an English creole with Portuguese words, since structurally (morphology and syntax) it is related to the Surinamese creoles (Sranan, Ndyuka and Jamaican Maroon), despite the heavy percentage of Portuguese origin words. Other English creole languages of Suriname, such as Paramaccan or Kwinti, have also Portuguese influences.
Cannanore Portuguese Creole (in Kannur) (almost extinct) Coromandel Coast Indo-Portuguese Bengal Creole Portuguese (extinct) Northern Indo-Portuguese (Norteiro) Korlai Portuguese Creole (Kristi): spoken in Korlai, India. Bombay Portuguese Creole (extinct) Daman and Diu Portuguese Creole: spoken in Daman and Diu, India. (old decreolization)
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]
Afro-Portuguese creoles often have a shift from "v" to "b" and from "o" to "u": bientu (transl. wind), instead of viento. [clarification needed] In creole and also in Spanish, v and v are pronounced the same. In creole, it is also written as a b . Just as in Portuguese, an unaccented final o is pronounced as /u/.
The 19th and 20th centuries saw a rise in the use of Modern Portuguese-based orthography (for example, Rego (1942) [15]) due to the perception of Kristang as a variety of Portuguese instead of a distinct creole language partially based on Old Portuguese. [16] This is characterized by the use of diacritics such as acute accents (á, é, í, ó ...
A creole language is a stable natural language developed from a mixture of different languages. Unlike a pidgin, a simplified form that develops as a means of communication between two or more groups, a creole language is a complete language, used in a community and acquired by children as their native language.
Pages in category "Portuguese-based pidgins and creoles" The following 26 pages are in this category, out of 26 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Annobonese Creole is a Portuguese creole known to its speakers as Fa d'Ambu or Fá d'Ambô (Portuguese: Fala de Ano-Bom). It is spoken on the Annobón and Bioko Islands off the coast of Equatorial Guinea, [2] mostly by people of mixed African, Portuguese and Spanish descent. It is called annobonense or annobonés in Spanish.