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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. Principense presents many similarities with the Forro on São Tomé and may be regarded as a Forro dialect. Like Forro, it is a creole language based on Portuguese with substrates of Bantu and Kwa.
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[de] Principensische Sprache
[en] Principense language
[fr] Principense
[sh] Principenski jezik
[hr] Lun’gwiye jezik
[pt] Principense
[ru] Принсипийское наречие
[es] Criollo principense

Language type : Living

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