Sotavento (southern) group of Cape Verdean Creoles

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Portuguese-based creole subgroup group of creole languages

The Sotavento (southern) group of Cape Verdean Creoles is a subgroup of Portuguese-based creole languages spoken in the southern islands of Cape Verde, characterized by shared linguistic features distinct from the northern (Barlavento) varieties.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Maio variety of Cape Verdean Creole	1
Sotavento (southern) group of Cape Verdean Creoles canonical	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Portuguese-based creole subgroup ⓘ group of creole languages ⓘ
basedOnLanguage	Portuguese ⓘ
comparedWith	Barlavento group of Cape Verdean Creoles NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	Cape Verde NERFINISHED ⓘ
distinctFrom	Barlavento group of Cape Verdean Creoles NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Sotavento Cape Verdean Creoles NERFINISHED ⓘ southern group of Cape Verdean Creoles ⓘ
hasCharacteristic	SVO basic word order ⓘ absence of grammatical gender agreement ⓘ clitic object pronouns ⓘ lexicon largely derived from Portuguese ⓘ more conservative features compared to some Barlavento varieties ⓘ phonological reduction of unstressed vowels ⓘ shared morphosyntactic features across member varieties ⓘ shared phonological features across member varieties ⓘ simplified verbal inflection compared to Portuguese ⓘ substrate influence from West African languages ⓘ use of preverbal tense–aspect–mood markers ⓘ use of serial verb constructions in some varieties ⓘ
hasDialect	Brava Creole NERFINISHED ⓘ Fogo Creole NERFINISHED ⓘ Maio Creole NERFINISHED ⓘ Santiago Creole NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPart	Brava Creole NERFINISHED ⓘ Fogo Creole NERFINISHED ⓘ Maio Creole NERFINISHED ⓘ Santiago Creole NERFINISHED ⓘ Sotavento variety of São Vicente/São Nicolau diaspora speech ⓘ
influencedBy	Portuguese phonology NERFINISHED ⓘ West African phonology ⓘ
languageFamily	Portuguese Creole ⓘ Romance-based creole ⓘ
partOf	Cape Verdean Creole dialect continuum NERFINISHED ⓘ
region	Sotavento islands of Cape Verde NERFINISHED ⓘ southern islands of Cape Verde ⓘ
subclassOf	Cape Verdean Creole NERFINISHED ⓘ Portuguese-based creole language ⓘ
usedBy	inhabitants of the Sotavento islands of Cape Verde ⓘ
usedFor	everyday oral communication in southern Cape Verde islands ⓘ informal written communication such as social media and song transcriptions ⓘ popular music lyrics in Cape Verde ⓘ
usedIn	Brava Island NERFINISHED ⓘ Fogo Island NERFINISHED ⓘ Maio Island NERFINISHED ⓘ Santiago Island NERFINISHED ⓘ
writingSystem	Latin alphabet ⓘ surface form: Latin script

Referenced by (2)

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

Brava Creole → partOf → Sotavento (southern) group of Cape Verdean Creoles ⓘ

Maio Creole → hasAlternativeName → Sotavento (southern) group of Cape Verdean Creoles ⓘ

this entity surface form: Maio variety of Cape Verdean Creole