Gulf of Guinea Creoles
E519662
Gulf of Guinea Creoles are a group of Portuguese-based creole languages spoken on islands in the Gulf of Guinea, notable for their shared historical origins and distinctive linguistic features.
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Portuguese-based creole languages
ⓘ
language group ⓘ |
| areMutuallyIntelligibleToDegree | partially mutually intelligible ⓘ |
| areNotableFor |
distinctive morphosyntax
ⓘ
distinctive phonology ⓘ high proportion of Portuguese-derived vocabulary ⓘ shared historical origins ⓘ |
| areStudiedInField |
Afro-Portuguese linguistics
ⓘ
contact linguistics ⓘ creole linguistics ⓘ |
| basedOnLanguage | Portuguese ⓘ |
| developedFrom |
contact between Portuguese and African languages
ⓘ
plantation societies in the Gulf of Guinea ⓘ |
| documentationStatus | relatively well documented in linguistic literature ⓘ |
| geographicDistribution | islands off the west coast of Central Africa ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticFeature |
SVO basic word order
ⓘ
reduction of Portuguese inflectional morphology ⓘ serial verb constructions ⓘ simplified consonant clusters ⓘ tonal contrasts in some varieties ⓘ |
| hasMember |
Angolar
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Fa d’Ambô NERFINISHED ⓘ Principense ⓘ Santome NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| haveCodeSwitchingWith |
European Portuguese
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Standard Portuguese ⓘ |
| haveSociolinguisticContext | contact with Portuguese and other local languages ⓘ |
| historicalOrigin | Portuguese colonial settlements in the Gulf of Guinea ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Bantu languages
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kwa languages ⓘ West African substrate languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageFamilyStatus | small creole family ⓘ |
| linguisticArea | Gulf of Guinea creole sprachbund ⓘ |
| originPeriod |
15th century
ⓘ
16th century ⓘ |
| sharesFeatureWithMembers |
lexicon largely derived from Portuguese
ⓘ
similar grammatical structures ⓘ similar phonological systems ⓘ |
| spokenInCountry |
Equatorial Guinea
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
São Tomé and Príncipe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenInRegion | Gulf of Guinea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenOnIsland |
Annobón
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Príncipe NERFINISHED ⓘ São Tomé NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subclassOf | Atlantic creole languages ⓘ |
| usedAs | community languages on Gulf of Guinea islands ⓘ |
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