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Sigma KEE - AngolarLanguage
AngolarLanguage(angolar language)

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(documentation AngolarLanguage EnglishLanguage "The AngolarLanguage is a PortugueseBasedCreoleLanguage of SaoTomeEPrincipe. SIL code: AOA. ISO 639-2: cpp. Population: 5,000 (1998 S. and T. Graham. Region: Angolar is spoken on the southern tip of Sao Tome Island. Most are around the town of Sao Joao dos Angolares, and some in the southern region of Caue. Alternate names: NGOLA. Comments: The substratum was largely Kwa and Western Bantu languages, quite distinct from the creoles of Guinea-Bissau, Senegal, Gambia, and Cape Verde. The 33% of the Angolar lexicon not shared with Sao Tomense is largely of Bantu origin, apparently KiMbundu of Angola, with some from Kongo, Bini, and Ndingi. Angolar shares 70% lexical similarity with Sao Tomense, 67% with Principense, 53% with Annobonese. Some Angolares speak Sao Tomense also, and are tending to be absorbed into the Forros. Many speak Portuguese, but many are not comfortable in speaking it. Home and community social life. The Angolares are a distinct ethnolinguistic group from the Forros ('freedmen'). Grammar. Tonal. Literacy rate in second language: 50% Portuguese. Christian.(extract from http:/ / www.ethnologue.com/ )") Languages.kif 2596-2610
(instance AngolarLanguage PortugueseBasedCreoleLanguage) Languages.kif 2595-2595 Angolar language is an instance of portuguese based creole language

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(termFormat ChineseLanguage AngolarLanguage "angolar语言") domainEnglishFormat.kif 7526-7526
(termFormat ChineseTraditionalLanguage AngolarLanguage "angolar語言") domainEnglishFormat.kif 7525-7525
(termFormat EnglishLanguage AngolarLanguage "angolar language") domainEnglishFormat.kif 7524-7524


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