Angolar

E94969

Angolar is a Portuguese-based creole language spoken primarily by the Angolar community on the island of São Tomé in São Tomé and Príncipe.


Statements (48)
Predicate Object
instanceOf Portuguese-based creole language
language
natural language
developedFrom contact between Portuguese and African languages
hasAlternativeName Língua Angolar
Ngola
hasContinent Africa NERFINISHED
hasCountry São Tomé and Príncipe NERFINISHED
hasEthnicGroup Angolar people
hasGeographicDistribution coastal communities of São Tomé
hasGlottocode ango1258
hasGlottologName Angolar
hasHistoricalContext Atlantic slave trade
Portuguese colonial period in São Tomé and Príncipe
hasInfluenceFrom Bantu languages
Kwa languages
hasISO6393Code aoa
hasLanguageFamily Creole
hasLanguageStatus endangered language
minority language
hasLexicalInfluenceFrom African substrate languages
Portuguese NERFINISHED
hasLexifierLanguage Portuguese NERFINISHED
hasMorphologicalType analytic
hasNumberOfSpeakersEstimate several thousand speakers
hasPhonologicalInfluenceFrom Portuguese NERFINISHED
hasPrimaryUsage oral communication
hasRegion São Tomé NERFINISHED
hasSociolinguisticSituation language shift towards Portuguese
hasSpeakerCommunity fishing communities on São Tomé
hasTypologicalFeature reduced inflectional morphology
serial verb constructions
tense-aspect-mood particles
hasWordOrder SVO
hasWritingSystem Latin script
isRelatedTo Annobonese creole
Forro creole
Principense creole NERFINISHED
isSpokenAlongside Forro NERFINISHED
Portuguese NERFINISHED
Principense
isUsedIn informal domains
intra-community communication
spokenBy Angolar community
spokenIn São Tomé and Príncipe NERFINISHED
spokenPrimarilyOn island of São Tomé NERFINISHED
subclassOf Gulf of Guinea Creole
Portuguese creole

Referenced by (2)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Angolar
hasGlottologName
São Tomé and Príncipe
hasRecognizedLanguage

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