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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]
While Cape Verdean Creole is the mother tongue of nearly all the population in Cape Verde, Portuguese is the official language.Creole is, therefore, used colloquially, in everyday usage, while Portuguese is used in official situations, at schools, in the media, etc. Portuguese and Creole live in a state of diglossia, meaning that Portuguese is typically used in formal situations, in the media ...
Cape Verde's official language is Portuguese. [10] The recognized national language is Cape Verdean Creole, which is spoken by the vast majority of the population. As of the 2021 census the most populated islands were Santiago, where the capital Praia is located (269,370), São Vicente (74,016), Santo Antão (36,632), Fogo (33,519) and Sal ...
Cape Verdean Creole used in a panel for Cidade Velha, Cape Verde. Portuguese creoles (Portuguese: crioulo) are creole languages which have Portuguese as their substantial lexifier. The most widely-spoken creoles influenced by Portuguese are Cape Verdean Creole, Guinea-Bissau Creole and Papiamento.
Cape Verde's official language is Portuguese. It is the language of instruction and government. [citation needed] Cape Verdean Creole is used colloquially, and is the mother tongue of virtually all Cape Verdeans. Cape Verdean Creole or Kriolu is a Portuguese-based creole, on a dialect continuum, that came from Guinea-Bissau Creole.
Pages in category "Languages of Cape Verde" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. C. Cape Verdean Creole;
Similar to Guinea-Bissau, although Portuguese is the only official language, a Portuguese-based creole known as Cape Verdean Creole is spoken by the majority of the population. Most Cape Verdeans are fluent in Portuguese as well. Education and media are available largely in standard European Portuguese only.
Papiamento, spoken in the ABC islands in the southern Caribbean; Saramaccan, creole language of Suriname with vocabulary built based on English, Portuguese, and West and Central African languages; Upper Guinea and Cape Verde: Cape Verdean Creole, spoken on the islands of Cape Verde; Guinea-Bissau Creole, spoken in Guinea-Bissau