| (documentation FernandoPoCreoleEnglishLanguage EnglishLanguage "The FernandoPoCreoleEnglishLanguage is a KrioGroupLanguage of EquatorialGuinea. SIL code: FPE. ISO 639-2: cpe. Population: 5,000 mother tongue speakers (1998 S. Smith SIL), 1.25% of the population, plus 70,000 or 17.5% who speak it as trade language. Region: North central Bioko Island (Fernando Po), 6 communities in or near Malabo: Musola, Las Palmas, Sampaca, Basupu, Fiston, Balveri de Cristo Rey. Alternate names: PIDGINGLIS, FERNANDINO, FERNANDO PO KRIO, CRIOLLO. Comments: Pidginglis may be a separate language from Krio. About 1,000 are monolingual. Language of instruction in school is Spanish. English and some Bubi are also used. Speakers came from Sierra Leone in 1827. Investigation needed: intelligibility with Krio, attitudes. Trade language. Literacy rate in second language: 75% in Spanish, none in Krio. Tropical forest. Volcanic island. Agriculturalists. 0 to 1,000 feet. Christian.(extract from http:/ / www.ethnologue.com/ )") |
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