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.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Angolar canonical 5

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Portuguese-based creole language
language
natural language
developedFrom contact between Portuguese and African languages
hasAlternativeName Língua Angolar
Ngola
hasContinent Africa
hasCountry São Tomé and Príncipe
hasEthnicGroup Angolar people
hasGeographicDistribution coastal communities of São Tomé
hasGlottocode ango1258
hasGlottologName Angolar self-link
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 language
surface form: Portuguese
hasLexifierLanguage Portuguese language
surface form: Portuguese
hasMorphologicalType analytic
hasNumberOfSpeakersEstimate several thousand speakers
hasPhonologicalInfluenceFrom Portuguese language
surface form: Portuguese
hasPrimaryUsage oral communication
hasRegion São Tomé
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
surface form: Annobonese creole

Forro creole
Principense Creole
surface form: Principense creole
isSpokenAlongside Forro
Portuguese language
surface form: Portuguese

Principense
isUsedIn informal domains
intra-community communication
spokenBy Angolar community
spokenIn São Tomé and Príncipe
spokenPrimarilyOn São Tomé
surface form: island of São Tomé
subclassOf Angolar Creole
surface form: Gulf of Guinea Creole

Portuguese creole

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