Maio Creole
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Maio Creole is a regional variety of Cape Verdean Creole spoken primarily on the island of Maio, characterized by its own distinct phonetic and lexical features.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Maio Creole canonical | 3 |
| Sanpadjudu Creole | 1 |
| Sotavento Creoles | 1 |
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Cape Verdean Creole variety
ⓘ
Portuguese-based creole ⓘ spoken language ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Brava Creole
ⓘ
Fogo Creole ⓘ São Nicolau Creole ⓘ
surface form:
Santiago Creole
|
| country |
Cape Verde Islands
ⓘ
surface form:
Cape Verde
|
| endangeredStatus | vulnerable to language shift toward Portuguese ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Sotavento (southern) group of Cape Verdean Creoles
ⓘ
surface form:
Maio variety of Cape Verdean Creole
|
| hasFeature |
distinct lexical features
ⓘ
distinct phonetic features ⓘ lexical variation from other Cape Verdean varieties ⓘ phonological variation from other Cape Verdean varieties ⓘ |
| hasISOCode | none ⓘ |
| influencedBy | West African languages ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Creole
ⓘ
Portuguese Creole ⓘ |
| lexifierLanguage |
Portuguese language
ⓘ
surface form:
Portuguese
|
| partOf |
Cape Verdean Creole
ⓘ
Cape Verdean linguistic heritage ⓘ |
| primaryRegion | Maio Island NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
rural areas of Maio Island
ⓘ
town of Porto Inglês ⓘ |
| standardizedOrthography | no single universally accepted standard ⓘ |
| status | regional variety without official status ⓘ |
| subclassOf | Sotavento Creoles ⓘ |
| usedAlongside |
Portuguese language
ⓘ
surface form:
Portuguese
|
| usedFor |
everyday communication
ⓘ
local music lyrics ⓘ oral tradition ⓘ |
| uses | Latin alphabet ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Sanpadjudu Creole
this entity surface form:
Sotavento Creoles