Principense language

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Principense
Lunguyê
Native to São Tomé and Príncipe
Native speakers
 200  (1999)[1]
Portuguese Creole
  • Afro-Portuguese Creole
    • Gulf of Guinea Creole
      • Principense
Language codes
ISO 639-3 pre
Linguasphere 51-AAC-acb

The Principense language, called lunguyê ("Language of the Island") by its speakers, is a Portuguese creole spoken in a community of some four thousand people in São Tomé and Príncipe, specifically on the island of Príncipe (there are two Portuguese-based creoles on São Tomé, Angolar and São Tomense), according to a 1989 study.[2] Today it is mostly spoken by some elderly women (the Ethnologue entry lists 200 native speakers); most of the island's community speaks Portuguese; some also speak Forro.

Principense presents many similarities with the Forro on São Tomé and may be regarded as a Forro dialect. Like Forro, it is a creole language based on Portuguese with substrates of Bantu and Kwa.

References

  1. ↑ Principense reference at Ethnologue (17th ed., 2013)
  2. ↑ Holm, John A. (1989). Pidgins and Creoles: Reference Survey. Cambridge: Cambridge UP. p. 277. ISBN 978-0-521-35940-5. 

See also

  • Portuguese Creole
Official
Non-official
Upper Guinea Creoles
Gulf of Guinea Creoles
Indo-Portuguese Creoles
  • Cannanore Indo-Portuguese
  • Cochin Indo-Portuguese (extinct)
  • Daman Indo-Portuguese
  • Diu Indo-Portuguese
  • Kristi
  • Mardijker (Papiá Tugu)
  • Sri Lankan Portuguese
Malayo-Portuguese Creoles
Sino-Portuguese Creoles
American Portuguese Creoles
Creoles with strong
Portuguese lexical influence
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