Sal Crioulo language

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Sal
Spoken in: on Sal Island
Cape Verde
Total speakers: around 15,000
Language family: Portuguese Creole
Language codes
ISO 639-1: none
ISO 639-2: cpp
ISO/FDIS 639-3: kea — Kabuverdianu

The Sal Crioulo (crioulo de Sal in Portuguese, Kriolu di Sal in ALUPEC/ALUPEK) is the variant of Capeverdean creole spoken in the island of Sal of Cape Verde. It belongs to the Barlavento (Criol) branch of the phylum. The speakers of this form of Capeverdean Crioulo are 15,000. Literature is rarely recorded while it is recorded in music and had produced artists like Yaz?

[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 nearly 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
The Capeverdean Crioulo
South of Sotavento (Kriol)
Brava | Fogo | Maio | Santiago (Bádiu)
North or Barlavento (Criol)
Boa Vista | Sal | Santo Antão | São Nicolau | São Vicente