Pichi language
E16184
Atlantic English-lexifier creole
English-based creole
creole language
natural language
spoken language
Pichi is an English-based creole language spoken primarily in Equatorial Guinea, where it serves as a major lingua franca and has significantly shaped local varieties of Spanish.
Statements (53)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Atlantic English-lexifier creole
ⓘ
English-based creole ⓘ creole language ⓘ natural language ⓘ spoken language ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Cameroonian Pidgin English
ⓘ
Krio language ⓘ Nigerian Pidgin ⓘ |
| coexistsWith |
Bube language
ⓘ
Fang language ⓘ French ⓘ
surface form:
French language
Portuguese language ⓘ Spanish ⓘ
surface form:
Spanish language
|
| glottocode | fern1236 ⓘ |
| hasAcademicStudy | descriptive grammars and sociolinguistic studies ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Equatoguinean Pidgin English
ⓘ
Equatoguinean Pidgin English ⓘ
surface form:
Fernando Po Creole English
Fernando Po Krio ⓘ Guinean Pidgin English ⓘ Pichi ⓘ Pichinglis ⓘ Equatoguinean Pidgin English ⓘ
surface form:
Pidgin English of Equatorial Guinea
|
| hasDomain |
informal communication
ⓘ
marketplaces ⓘ popular music ⓘ urban youth culture ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
reduced inflectional morphology
ⓘ
serial verb constructions ⓘ tense–aspect–mood system marked by preverbal particles ⓘ tone or pitch accent distinctions in many varieties ⓘ |
| historicalDevelopment | developed from contact between English, Krio, and African languages on Fernando Po (Bioko) ⓘ |
| influences |
Equatoguinean Spanish
ⓘ
local varieties of Spanish in Equatorial Guinea ⓘ |
| ISO639-3Code | fpe ⓘ |
| languageFamily | English creole ⓘ |
| lexifierLanguage | English language ⓘ |
| morphology | analytic ⓘ |
| notOfficialLanguageOf | Equatorial Guinea ⓘ |
| originatesFrom | 19th-century English-lexifier creoles in the Gulf of Guinea ⓘ |
| primaryCountry | Equatorial Guinea ⓘ |
| region | Equatorial Guinea ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Bata
ⓘ
Bioko Island ⓘ Malabo ⓘ Rural areas of Equatorial Guinea ⓘ |
| status |
important contact language between ethnic groups in Equatorial Guinea
ⓘ
largely unwritten language ⓘ major urban vernacular in Equatorial Guinea ⓘ |
| substrateLanguage |
Bantu languages
ⓘ
Kru languages ⓘ |
| typology | SVO word order ⓘ |
| usedAs | lingua franca in Equatorial Guinea ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Latin script ⓘ |
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