São Vicente Creole

São Vicente Creole is the name given to the variant of Cape Verdean Creole spoken mainly in the São Vicente Island of Cape Verde. It belongs to the Barlavento Creoles branch. This form of the Cape Verdean Creole has about 80,000 to 100,000 speakers primarily in the São Vicente island, but also in a large segment of the Cape Verdean diaspora population. It is the second most widely spoken Cape Verdean dialect. It has produced literature from a lot of writers and musicians including Sergio Frusoni and many more.

Contents

Characteristics

Besides the main characteristics of Barlavento Creoles the São Vicente Creole has also the following ones:

Vocabulary

Grammar

Phonology

Alphabet

Examples of São Vicente Creole

Kriol de Soncente English
aont yesterday
aoj, hoj' today
manhã tomorrow
plurim market
Soncente São Vicente
Mindel Mindelo
Morada Mindelo's historic centre
praça square
praia beach
rua street
'm / mi I / me
bo you
bossê you (polite)
el he/she
nô / nôs we / us
bzôt / bossês you (plural)
ês they
bá, bai to go
krê to want
sabê to know
andá to walk
spiá to look, to search
El ka sabê He/she doesn't know
Um oiá-'l aont na Praça Nova I saw him yesterday at Praça Nova ( Mindelo's main square)
arroz rice
monte mountain

External links

References

The Cape Verdean Creole
Sotavento Creoles
Brava | Fogo | Maio | Santiago
Barlavento Creoles
Boa Vista | Sal | Santo Antão | São Nicolau | São Vicente