Maio Crioulo language
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| Maio | ||
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| Spoken in: | on Maio Island Cape Verde |
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| Total speakers: | around 8,000 | |
| 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 Maio Crioulo (crioulo de Maio 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. It numbers the entire island population which includes a small part which also speaks Portuguese.
[edit] Rankings
It is the eight and one of the least spoken Capeverdean Creole and is after Brava and ahead of Boa Vista.
[edit] Vocabulary
Approximately 90 to 95% of the vocabulary originates from the Portuguese language, about 5 to 10% are from various African languages, notably Bantu and Kwa substrates. The structure is the easiest is rarely the same as the Brava and São Vicente Creoles. The comparison is very difficult especially in speaking, its phonetics are half difficult to link with Portuguese. The words are less than 20% the same as Portuguese but around 20% in pronunciation, the structure is about 30 to 40% Africanized and the remainder being of Portuguese origin .
[edit] Alphabet
The order of alphabet is with other languages around the world here:
- A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V X Z
- a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v x z
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