Cape Verdean Creole continuum
E650697
The Cape Verdean Creole continuum is a group of closely related Portuguese-based creole varieties spoken across the Cape Verde islands, forming a dialect continuum with gradual linguistic differences between regions.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cape Verdean Creole continuum canonical | 2 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Portuguese-based creole
ⓘ
dialect continuum ⓘ macrolanguage ⓘ |
| coexistsWith | Portuguese language in Cape Verde ⓘ |
| developedFrom | contact between Portuguese and African languages ⓘ |
| emergedInCentury | 15th century ⓘ |
| emergedInContext | Atlantic slave trade NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Cape Verdean Creole
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kriolu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDialectGroup |
Barlavento Creoles
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sotavento Creoles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasISOStatus | treated as multiple individual languages in some standards ⓘ |
| hasLanguageFamily | Portuguese Creole ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticFeature |
SVO basic word order
ⓘ
gradual lexical differences between islands ⓘ gradual morphosyntactic differences between islands ⓘ gradual phonological differences between islands ⓘ lexicon largely derived from Portuguese ⓘ reduction of Portuguese inflectional morphology ⓘ use of preverbal tense-mood-aspect markers ⓘ |
| hasRegion |
Barlavento islands
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sotavento islands NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasResearchField | creole linguistics ⓘ |
| hasSociolinguisticSituation | diglossia with Portuguese ⓘ |
| hasStandardizationStatus | partially standardized orthographies for some varieties ⓘ |
| hasStatus | major vernacular of Cape Verde ⓘ |
| hasSubstrateLanguage |
Guinean languages
ⓘ
Senegambian languages ⓘ West African languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSuperstrateLanguage | Portuguese language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasVariety |
Boa Vista Creole
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Brava Creole NERFINISHED ⓘ Fogo Creole NERFINISHED ⓘ Maio Creole NERFINISHED ⓘ Sal Creole NERFINISHED ⓘ Santiago Creole NERFINISHED ⓘ Santo Antão Creole NERFINISHED ⓘ São Nicolau Creole NERFINISHED ⓘ São Vicente Creole NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasWritingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
| spokenIn | Cape Verde NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| studiedFor |
Portuguese-based creole formation
ⓘ
dialect continuum properties ⓘ |
| usedBy | Cape Verdean population ⓘ |
| usedFor | everyday communication in Cape Verde ⓘ |
| usedIn |
informal domains
ⓘ
oral literature ⓘ popular music ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.