Brava Crioulo language
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| Spoken in: | on Brava Island Cape Verde |
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| Total speakers: | around 5,000 | |
| Language family: | Portuguese Creole | |
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| ISO 639-1: | none | |
| ISO 639-2: | cpp | |
| ISO/FDIS 639-3: | kea — Kabuverdianu | |
| Note: This page may contain IPA phonetic symbols in Unicode. See IPA chart for English for an English-based pronunciation key. | ||
The Brava Crioulo (crioulo de Brava in Portuguese) is the variant of Capeverdean creole spoken in the Brava Island of Cape Verde. It belongs to the Sotavento (Kriolu) branch of the phylum. The speakers of this form of Capeverdean Crioulo are 8,000. One of the least being seventh place and one of the first written literature of this form of Crioulo are Eugénio Tavares which written one of his poems in his book.
[edit] Vocabulary
Approximately 95% of the vocabulary originates from the Portuguese language, about 5% are from various African languages, notably Bantu and Kwa substrates. The structure is mainly like Portuguese can have easy communication with Portuguese and the Fogo Crioulo. The words are the highest. 95% are the same as Portuguese but around 95% in pronunciation, the structure is more Africanized than of Portuguese.
[edit] Alphabet
The order of alphabet is with other languages around the world here:
- A B C D E F G H I J L M N O P Q R S T U V X Z
- a b c d e f g h i j l m n o p q r s t u v x z
[edit] External link
- A short poem in Brava Crioulo on a Cape Verde banknote.
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