Angolar Creole

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Angolar Creole is a Portuguese-based creole language spoken primarily by the Angolar community of São Tomé and Príncipe, known for its distinct African linguistic substrate and historical roots in maroon slave populations.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Angolar Creole canonical 4
Gulf of Guinea Creole 1
Lungʼie Creole 1

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Portuguese-based creole language
creole language
language of São Tomé and Príncipe
alternativeName Angolar
Forro language
surface form: Língua Angolar
belongsTo Atlantic English Creole
surface form: Atlantic creoles
country São Tomé and Príncipe
developedDuring Atlantic slave trade period
developedFrom contact between Portuguese and African languages
endangermentStatus vulnerable
ethnicAssociation Angolar community
hasCulturalRole marker of Angolar ethnic identity
hasGrammaticalInfluenceFrom African languages
hasInfluenceFrom Kikongo
surface form: Kongo language

Portuguese language
other West and Central African languages
hasMorphologyType analytic language
hasPhonologicalInfluenceFrom Bantu languages
hasSociolinguisticSituation Forro language
surface form: coexists with Forro Creole

coexists with Portuguese
hasStatus minority language
hasSubstrate African languages
Bantu languages
hasTypologicalFeature preverbal tense-mood-aspect markers
reduplication
serial verb constructions
hasWordOrder SVO
historicalOrigin maroon slave communities
runaway slave populations
isDistinctFrom Forro
surface form: Forro Creole

Principense Creole
isEndangered true
isPartOf Gulf of Guinea Creoles
isSubjectOf creole linguistics research
studies on maroon communities
isUsedFor community identity expression
languageCodeStatus some sources assign ISO 639-3 code
languageFamily Portuguese-based creole
primaryLexifier Portuguese language
region southern São Tomé
spokenBy Angolar people
spokenByMinority population of São Tomé and Príncipe
spokenIn São Tomé and Príncipe
spokenOn island of São Tomé
usedIn oral communication
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

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Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

African Portuguese influencedBy Angolar Creole
African Portuguese influencedBy Angolar Creole
this entity surface form: Lungʼie Creole
Forro isRelatedTo Angolar Creole
Angolar subclassOf Angolar Creole
this entity surface form: Gulf of Guinea Creole
Portuguese Creole hasSubgroup Angolar Creole
Annobonese Creole closelyRelatedTo Angolar Creole