Santiago Creole
E653676
Santiago Creole is a major variety of Cape Verdean Creole spoken primarily on Santiago Island, known for its distinct phonological and lexical features within the Cape Verdean Creole language continuum.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Santiago Creole canonical | 2 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Atlantic Creole
ⓘ
Cape Verdean Creole variety ⓘ spoken language ⓘ |
| belongsTo | Sotavento group of Cape Verdean Creoles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Brava Creole
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Fogo Creole NERFINISHED ⓘ Santo Antão Creole NERFINISHED ⓘ São Vicente Creole NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Cape Verde NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| developedFrom | contact between Portuguese and African languages ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Badiu Creole
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kriolu di Santiagu NERFINISHED ⓘ Santiago Cape Verdean Creole NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDistinctFeature |
SVO basic word order
ⓘ
distinct lexicon within Cape Verdean Creole ⓘ distinct phonology within Cape Verdean Creole ⓘ frequent code-switching with Portuguese among speakers ⓘ nasalization of vowels in many contexts ⓘ palatalization of some consonants ⓘ reduction of final vowels in many words ⓘ simplified verbal inflection compared to Portuguese ⓘ strong Portuguese lexical influence ⓘ use of postposed definite articles in many noun phrases ⓘ use of preverbal tense–aspect–mood markers ⓘ |
| hasNativeSpeakers | yes ⓘ |
| hasOrthography |
ALUPEC
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
various non-standardized spelling conventions ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Portuguese
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
West African languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isMajorVarietyOf | Cape Verdean Creole NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Portuguese Creole NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| lexifierLanguage | Portuguese ⓘ |
| partOf | Cape Verdean Creole continuum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Sotavento Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Cape Verde
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Santiago Island NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status |
not an official language of Cape Verde
ⓘ
widely used vernacular on Santiago Island ⓘ |
| typologicalFeature |
analytic morphology
ⓘ
limited inflectional morphology ⓘ use of preverbal particles for tense and aspect ⓘ |
| usedAs | lingua franca on Santiago Island ⓘ |
| usedIn |
everyday informal communication in Santiago
ⓘ
music in Cape Verde ⓘ oral literature in Cape Verde ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.