African Portuguese

E22780
group of language varieties variety of Portuguese

African Portuguese is the group of regional varieties of the Portuguese language spoken across several African countries, shaped by local languages and cultures.

Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form As subject As object
Angolan Portuguese 0 1
Equatorial Guinean Portuguese 0 1
Mozambican Portuguese 0 1
São Tomé and Príncipe Portuguese 0 1

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf group of language varieties →
variety of Portuguese →
basedOnDialect Portuguese language →
surface form: European Portuguese
hasFeature code-switching with local languages →
lexical borrowings from local African languages →
phonological traits distinct from European Portuguese →
prosodic patterns influenced by African languages →
regional vocabulary specific to African contexts →
variation between urban and rural speech →
hasPart African Portuguese self-linksurface differs →
surface form: Angolan Portuguese

Cape Verdean Creole →
surface form: Cape Verdean Portuguese

African Portuguese self-linksurface differs →
surface form: Equatorial Guinean Portuguese

Guinea-Bissau Creole →
surface form: Guinea-Bissau Portuguese

African Portuguese self-linksurface differs →
surface form: Mozambican Portuguese

Portuguese of East Timorese returnees in Africa →
African Portuguese self-linksurface differs →
surface form: São Tomé and Príncipe Portuguese
historicalOrigin Portuguese colonial expansion in Africa →
influencedBy Angolar Creole →
Bantu languages →
Changana →
Cape Verdean Creole →
surface form: Crioulo languages of Cape Verde

Forro →
surface form: Forro Creole

Guinea-Bissau Creole →
Kikongo →
Kimbundu →
Angolar Creole →
surface form: Lungʼie Creole

Ronga →
Umbundu →
languageFamily Indo-European language family →
surface form: Indo-European languages

Romance languages →
region Angola →
Cape Verde Islands →
surface form: Cape Verde

Diaspora communities in Africa →
Equatorial Guinea →
Guinea-Bissau →
Mozambique →
Namibia →
South Africa →
São Tomé and Príncipe →
standardLanguage Portuguese language →
surface form: European Portuguese
subclassOf Portuguese language →
timePeriod developed mainly from the 16th century onward →
usedAs official language variety in Angola →
official language variety in Cape Verde →
official language variety in Equatorial Guinea →
official language variety in Guinea-Bissau →
official language variety in Mozambique →
official language variety in São Tomé and Príncipe →
usedIn education systems in Lusophone African countries →
media and broadcasting in Lusophone African countries →
public administration in Lusophone African countries →
writingSystem Latin alphabet →

Referenced by (6)

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

Portuguese language → hasDialect → African Portuguese →
African Portuguese → hasPart → African Portuguese self-linksurface differs →
this entity surface form: Angolan Portuguese
African Portuguese → hasPart → African Portuguese self-linksurface differs →
this entity surface form: Mozambican Portuguese
African Portuguese → hasPart → African Portuguese self-linksurface differs →
this entity surface form: São Tomé and Príncipe Portuguese
African Portuguese → hasPart → African Portuguese self-linksurface differs →
this entity surface form: Equatorial Guinean Portuguese