Principense Creole
Portuguese-based creole of São Tomé and Príncipe
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Principense Creole (endonym: Lunguyê) is a Portuguese-based creole language spoken in São Tomé and Príncipe, specifically the island of Príncipe. There are two Portuguese creoles on the island of São Tomé, Angolar and Forro.[2] Today, younger generations of São Toméans are not likely to speak Principense, which has led to its fast decline and moribund status.[3] It is mostly spoken by the elderly (Ethnologue gives a figure of approximately 200 native speakers in total), while most of the island's community speaks noncreole Portuguese; some also speak another, closely related creole, Forro.
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Lower Guinea
- Principense Creole
| Principense Creole | |
|---|---|
| Lunguyê | |
| Native to | São Tomé and Príncipe |
Native speakers | 200 (2021)[1] |
Portuguese-based creole
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | pre |
| Glottolog | prin1242 |
| Linguasphere | 51-AAC-acb |
Location of São Tomé and Príncipe | |
Principense presents many similarities with the Forro on São Tomé and may be regarded as a Forro dialect. Like Forro, it is a creole language heavily lexified by Portuguese with substrates of Bantu and Kwa.
