Pichinglis

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Pichinglis is an English-based creole language spoken primarily on Bioko Island in Equatorial Guinea, particularly among the Fernandino community.

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Pichinglis canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf English-based creole
creole language
alternateName Fernando Po Krio
surface form: Fernando Po Creole English

Pichi
associatedWithCity Malabo
surface form: Malabo (formerly Santa Isabel)
basedOn English language
continent Africa
country Equatorial Guinea
countryOfficialLanguageContext Equatoguinean Spanish
surface form: Equatorial Guinea uses Spanish as official language
developedFrom West African Pidgin English
developedInContextOf Atlantic trade and colonization
ethnicAssociation Fernandinos
hasPhonologicalInfluenceFrom Spanish
hasSociolinguisticContext urban multilingual setting
hasSubstrateInfluenceFrom Portuguese language
surface form: Portuguese

Spanish
local African languages
hasType Atlantic English-lexifier creole
historicalCenter Malabo
historicalOrigin 19th century
isNot official language of Equatorial Guinea
languageFamily English-based creole languages
lexifierLanguage English
primaryIsland Bioko Island
surface form: Bioko
region Gulf of Guinea
relatedTo Cameroonian Pidgin English
Nigerian Pidgin
spokenBy Fernandino community
spokenIn Bioko Island
Equatorial Guinea
status minority language
usedFor interethnic communication on Bioko
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

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