Equatoguinean Pidgin English

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English-based creole creole language lingua franca pidgin language

Equatoguinean Pidgin English is an English-based creole language spoken primarily in Equatorial Guinea, especially on Bioko Island, serving as a major lingua franca alongside Spanish and local languages.

Aliases (2)

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	English-based creole → creole language → lingua franca → pidgin language →
closelyRelatedTo	Cameroonian Pidgin English → Krio → Nigerian Pidgin →
coexistsWithLanguage	Annobonese Creole → Bubi → Fang → Ndowe languages → Spanish →
countryOfUse	Equatorial Guinea →
developedFrom	West African coastal pidgins →
developedInContextOf	Atlantic slave trade → colonial trade networks →
domainOfUse	informal communication → music → popular culture → street commerce →
hasAlternativeName	Fernando Po Creole English → Pichi → Pichinglis →
hasInfluenceFrom	Krio → Portuguese → Spanish → West African Pidgin English → local Niger-Congo languages →
historicalContactWith	British traders → Sierra Leonean Krio speakers →
languageFamily	English-based creole languages →
lexifierLanguage	English →
majorLinguaFrancaIn	Equatorial Guinea →
primaryLanguageBase	English →
regionOfUse	Bioko Island →
spokenAsFirstLanguageBy	some urban communities on Bioko →
spokenAsSecondLanguageBy	large part of Equatorial Guinea population →
spokenInUrbanCenters	Bata → Malabo NERFINISHED →
spokenPrimarilyOn	Bioko Island →
status	lingua franca → non-official language →
typologicalFeature	SVO word order → analytic grammar → reduced inflectional morphology →
usedBy	multiple ethnic groups in Equatorial Guinea →
usedFor	interethnic communication → trade → urban communication →
writingSystem	Latin script →

Referenced by (4)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Guinean Pidgin English → Pichi language ("Fernando Po Creole English") → Pichi language → Pichi language ("Pidgin English of Equatorial Guinea") →	hasAlternativeName