Santo Antão Creole
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Santo Antão Creole is a variety of Cape Verdean Creole spoken primarily on the island of Santo Antão, characterized by its distinct phonological and lexical features within the Barlavento (northern) creole group.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Santo Antão Creole canonical | 5 |
Statements (34)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Barlavento Creole
ⓘ
Cape Verdean Creole variety ⓘ spoken language ⓘ |
| belongsTo | Atlantic Portuguese-based creoles ⓘ |
| country | Cape Verde NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| developedIn | Atlantic slave trade era ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Criol de Sontonton
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kriol d’Sant’Anton NERFINISHED ⓘ Santo Antão dialect of Cape Verdean Creole ⓘ |
| hasCodeStatus | often grouped under generic Cape Verdean Creole in classifications ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceFrom | Portuguese colonial presence in Cape Verde ⓘ |
| hasLexicalFeature |
lexical differences from Santiago Creole
ⓘ
lexical differences from São Vicente Creole ⓘ lexicon with items unique to Santo Antão ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
consonant realizations that differ from Santiago and São Vicente varieties
ⓘ
distinct vowel system compared to other Cape Verdean varieties ⓘ |
| hasSociolinguisticStatus | primarily oral, with limited standardization ⓘ |
| hasSubstrate | West African languages ⓘ |
| hasVariationWithin | different local speech varieties on Santo Antão ⓘ |
| hasWritingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
| isMoreDistantFrom | Sotavento (southern) Cape Verdean Creoles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isMutuallyIntelligibleWith | other Barlavento Cape Verdean Creoles ⓘ |
| isTaughtFormally | rarely ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Cape Verdean Creole NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageGroup | Barlavento (northern) Cape Verdean Creoles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| lexifierLanguage | Portuguese NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Cape Verdean Creole macrolanguage ⓘ |
| region |
Barlavento Islands
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Northwestern Cape Verde NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Cape Verde
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Santo Antão NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedAlongside | Portuguese NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor | everyday oral communication on Santo Antão ⓘ |
| usedIn | local music and oral traditions on Santo Antão ⓘ |
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.