Cape Verdean Creole
E28454
Cape Verdean Creole is a group of Portuguese-based creole languages spoken in Cape Verde, shaped by West African linguistic and cultural influences.
All labels observed (10)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T220502 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cape Verdean Creole Context triple: [West African languages, influenced, Cape Verdean Creole]
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A.
African Portuguese
African Portuguese is the group of regional varieties of the Portuguese language spoken across several African countries, shaped by local languages and cultures.
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B.
Papiamento
Papiamento is a creole language primarily spoken in the Caribbean islands of Aruba, Curaçao, and Bonaire, with communities of speakers also found in parts of Europe and the Americas.
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C.
Mirandese language
Mirandese language is a minority Romance language spoken in northeastern Portugal, closely related to Astur-Leonese and recognized for its distinct cultural and linguistic heritage.
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D.
Wolof
Wolof is a major Niger-Congo language spoken primarily in Senegal, The Gambia, and Mauritania, serving as a key lingua franca in the region.
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E.
Antillean Creole
Antillean Creole is a French-based creole language spoken primarily in the Lesser Antilles, notably in Martinique, Guadeloupe, and surrounding islands.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cape Verdean Creole Target entity description: Cape Verdean Creole is a group of Portuguese-based creole languages spoken in Cape Verde, shaped by West African linguistic and cultural influences.
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A.
African Portuguese
African Portuguese is the group of regional varieties of the Portuguese language spoken across several African countries, shaped by local languages and cultures.
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B.
Papiamento
Papiamento is a creole language primarily spoken in the Caribbean islands of Aruba, Curaçao, and Bonaire, with communities of speakers also found in parts of Europe and the Americas.
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C.
Mirandese language
Mirandese language is a minority Romance language spoken in northeastern Portugal, closely related to Astur-Leonese and recognized for its distinct cultural and linguistic heritage.
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D.
Wolof
Wolof is a major Niger-Congo language spoken primarily in Senegal, The Gambia, and Mauritania, serving as a key lingua franca in the region.
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E.
Antillean Creole
Antillean Creole is a French-based creole language spoken primarily in the Lesser Antilles, notably in Martinique, Guadeloupe, and surrounding islands.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Portuguese-based creole
ⓘ
creole language ⓘ macrolanguage ⓘ |
| country |
Cape Verde Islands
ⓘ
surface form:
Cape Verde
|
| developedDuring | Atlantic slave trade ⓘ |
| developedFrom | Portuguese language ⓘ |
| developedIn | Cape Verde Islands ⓘ |
| ethnicityAssociated |
Cape Verde Islands
ⓘ
surface form:
Cape Verdeans
|
| glottocode | cape1260 ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Cape Verdean Creole
ⓘ
surface form:
Cabo Verdean Creole
Cape Verdean Creole ⓘ
surface form:
Crioulo cabo-verdiano
Portuguese Creole ⓘ
surface form:
Kriolu
|
| hasDialects |
Badiu Creole
ⓘ
Barlavento Creoles ⓘ Maio Creole ⓘ
surface form:
Sanpadjudu Creole
Upper Guinea Creoles ⓘ
surface form:
Sotavento Creoles
|
| hasPart |
Boa Vista Creole
ⓘ
Brava Creole ⓘ Barlavento Creoles ⓘ
surface form:
Fogo Creole
Maio Creole ⓘ Sal Creole ⓘ Santiago Creole ⓘ Cape Verdean Creole self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Santo Antão Creole
São Nicolau Creole ⓘ Portuguese Creole ⓘ
surface form:
São Vicente Creole
|
| hasRegulator | Instituto da Língua Cabo-verdiana ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Mandinka
ⓘ
West African languages ⓘ Wolof ⓘ other Atlantic West African languages ⓘ |
| ISO639-3 | kea ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Portuguese creole ⓘ |
| officialStatus | recognized as national language in Cape Verde ⓘ |
| primaryLexifier |
Portuguese language
ⓘ
surface form:
Portuguese
|
| region |
Atlantic Ocean
ⓘ
Macaronesia ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Cape Verde Islands
ⓘ
surface form:
Cape Verde
West Africa ⓘ diaspora communities ⓘ |
| subclassOf | Portuguese-based creole language ⓘ |
| typologicalFeature |
SVO word order
ⓘ
analytic grammar ⓘ little inflectional morphology ⓘ |
| usedFor |
everyday communication in Cape Verde
ⓘ
literature ⓘ media ⓘ music ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Latin script ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Cape Verdean Creole Description of subject: Cape Verdean Creole is a group of Portuguese-based creole languages spoken in Cape Verde, shaped by West African linguistic and cultural influences.
Referenced by (68)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Tarrafal de São Nicolau
subject surface form:
Barlavento Islands
subject surface form:
Calheta (Maio)
subject surface form:
Santa Maria (Sal)