(documentation UpperGuineaCriouloLanguage EnglishLanguage "The UpperGuineaCriouloLanguage is a PortugueseBasedCreoleLanguage of GuineaBissau. SIL code: POV. ISO 639-2: cpp. Population: 159,000 first language speakers in Guinea-Bissau (1996) and 600,000 second language users (Chataigner ms.) Population total all countries: 361,500 or more. Region: Also Bijagos Islands. Also spoken in Gambia, Senegal, USA. Alternate names: PORTUGUESE CREOLE, KRIULO. Dialects: BISSAU-BOLAMA CREOLE, BAFATA CREOLE, CACHEU-ZIGUINCHOR CREOLE. Comments: The Senegal dialect is a little different, but they are intelligible to each other's speakers. Portuguese not well known. The lingua franca in much of Guinea-Bissau, more in the west than in the east. Trade language. Grammar. Bible in press (1997). Also spoken in: Senegal. (Language name: CRIOULO, UPPER GUINEA.) Population: 46,500 in Senegal (1998). Alternate names: PORTUGUESE CREOLE, KRIULO. Dialects: CACHEU-ZIGUINCHOR CREOLE. Comments: The Senegal dialect is a little different than Guinea-Bissau, with some Pidgin French vocabulary. Intelligible with Guinea-Bissau Creole. Literacy rate in first language: Below 1%. Christian. Bible in press (1997).(extract from http:/ / www.ethnologue.com/ )") |
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