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SaotomenseLanguage

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(documentation SaotomenseLanguage EnglishLanguage "The SaotomenseLanguage is a PortugueseBasedCreoleLanguage of SaoTomeEPrincipe. SIL code: CRI ISO 639-2: cpp. Population: 69,899 (1999 S. Graham). Region: Sao Tomense is spoken on Sao Tome Island, all but the southern tip. Alternate names: SAO TOMENSE. Comments: The substratum was largely Kwa and Western Bantu languages; quite distinct from the creoles of Guinea-Bissau, Senegal, Gambia, and Cape Verde. Saotomense shares 77% lexical similarity with Principense, and 62% with Fa D'Ambu (Annobonese), 70% with Angolar. Most speak Portuguese. Some elderly women may not understand Portuguese adequately. The language of social identity in most Sao Tome social networks for age 30 and above. The Angolares are a distinct ethnolinguistic group from the Forros ('freedmen'), Saotomense speakers also on Sao Tome Island. Most Angolares speak Saotomense also, and are tending to be absorbed into the Forros. National language. Literacy rate in second language: 50% Portuguese.(extract from http:/ / www.ethnologue.com/ )") Languages.kif 2749-2762
(instance SaotomenseLanguage PortugueseBasedCreoleLanguage) Languages.kif 2748-2748

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(termFormat ChineseLanguage SaotomenseLanguage "saotomense语言") domainEnglishFormat.kif 51239-51239
(termFormat ChineseTraditionalLanguage SaotomenseLanguage "saotomense語言") domainEnglishFormat.kif 51238-51238
(termFormat EnglishLanguage SaotomenseLanguage "saotomense language") domainEnglishFormat.kif 51237-51237


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