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Preferred term

prePrincipense  

Type

  • Language

Definition

  • The Principense language, called lunguyê ("Language of the Island") by its speakers, is a Portuguese creole spoken in a community of some four thousand people in São Tomé and Príncipe, specifically on the island of Príncipe (there are two Portuguese-based creoles on São Tomé, Angolar and São Tomense), according to a 1989 study. Today it is mostly spoken by some elderly women (the Ethnologue entry lists 200 native speakers); most of the island's community speaks Portuguese; some also speak Forro.

Entry terms

  • Principense language

ISO 639-3 code

  • pre

Notation

  • pre

In other languages

  • Principense

    French

  • Principensische Sprache

    German

  • Principense

    Portuguese

  • Criollo principense

    Spanish

URI

http://lexvo.org/id/iso639-3/pre

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