Sotavento (southern) group of Cape Verdean Creoles
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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.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Maio variety of Cape Verdean Creole | 1 |
| Sotavento (southern) group of Cape Verdean Creoles canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6772084 — 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: Sotavento (southern) group of Cape Verdean Creoles Context triple: [Brava Creole, partOf, Sotavento (southern) group of Cape Verdean Creoles]
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A.
Cape Verdean Creole
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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B.
Boa Vista Creole
Boa Vista Creole is a regional variety of Cape Verdean Creole spoken primarily on the island of Boa Vista in Cape Verde.
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C.
Gulf of Guinea Creoles
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.
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D.
Guinea-Bissau Creole
Guinea-Bissau Creole is a Portuguese-based creole language widely used as a lingua franca in Guinea-Bissau, blending Portuguese vocabulary with local West African linguistic features.
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E.
Southern Lesser Antillean English creoles group
The Southern Lesser Antillean English creoles group is a cluster of closely related English-based creole languages spoken in the southern Lesser Antilles of the Caribbean.
- 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: Sotavento (southern) group of Cape Verdean Creoles Target entity description: 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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A.
Cape Verdean Creole
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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B.
Boa Vista Creole
Boa Vista Creole is a regional variety of Cape Verdean Creole spoken primarily on the island of Boa Vista in Cape Verde.
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C.
Gulf of Guinea Creoles
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.
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D.
Guinea-Bissau Creole
Guinea-Bissau Creole is a Portuguese-based creole language widely used as a lingua franca in Guinea-Bissau, blending Portuguese vocabulary with local West African linguistic features.
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E.
Southern Lesser Antillean English creoles group
The Southern Lesser Antillean English creoles group is a cluster of closely related English-based creole languages spoken in the southern Lesser Antilles of the Caribbean.
- F. None of above. chosen
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
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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
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Fogo Creole NERFINISHED ⓘ Maio Creole NERFINISHED ⓘ Santiago Creole NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Brava Creole
NERFINISHED
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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
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Portuguese-based creole language ⓘ |
| usedBy | inhabitants of the Sotavento islands of Cape Verde ⓘ |
| usedFor |
everyday oral communication in southern Cape Verde islands
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informal written communication such as social media and song transcriptions ⓘ popular music lyrics in Cape Verde ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Brava Island
NERFINISHED
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Fogo Island NERFINISHED ⓘ Maio Island NERFINISHED ⓘ Santiago Island NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
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surface form:
Latin script
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Subject: Sotavento (southern) group of Cape Verdean Creoles Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Maio variety of Cape Verdean Creole