Sal Crioulo language
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| Sal | ||
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| Spoken in: | on Sal Island Cape Verde |
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| Total speakers: | around 15,000 | |
| Language family: | Portuguese Creole | |
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| ISO 639-1: | none | |
| ISO 639-2: | cpp | |
| ISO/FDIS 639-3: | kea — Kabuverdianu | |
| Note: This page may contain IPA phonetic symbols in Unicode. See IPA chart for English for an English-based pronunciation key. | ||
The Sal Crioulo (crioulo de Sal in Portuguese, Kriolu di Sal in ALUPEC/ALUPEK) is the variant of Capeverdean creole spoken in the island of Sal of Cape Verde. It belongs to the Barlavento (Criol) branch of the phylum. The speakers of this form of Capeverdean Crioulo are 15,000. Literature is rarely recorded while it is recorded in music and had produced artists like Yaz?
[edit] Vocabulary
Approximately 90 to 95% of the vocabulary originates from the Portuguese language, about 5 to 10% are from various African languages, notably Bantu and Kwa substrates. The structure is the easiest is rarely the same as the Brava and São Vicente Creoles. The comparison is very difficult especially in speaking, its phonetics are nearly half difficult to link with Portuguese. The words are less than 20% the same as Portuguese but around 20% in pronunciation, the structure is about 30 to 40% Africanized and the remainder being of Portuguese origin.
[edit] Alphabet
The order of alphabet is with other languages around the world here:
- A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V X Z
- a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v x z
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