Forro language

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Forro language is a Portuguese-based creole spoken primarily on São Tomé Island in São Tomé and Príncipe.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Forro language canonical 1
Língua Angolar 1
Língua forro 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Portuguese-based creole language
creole language
natural language
coexistsWith Angolar language
Cape Verdean Creole (spoken by migrants)
Portuguese language
Principense language
countryOfOrigin São Tomé and Príncipe
developedFrom contact between Portuguese and African languages
developedInCentury 15th century
16th century
hasAlternativeName Forro Creole
linked to: Forro

Forró
Lungu ye Fôlô
Língua forro
linked to: Forro language

Santomense
São Tomense Creole
hasAncestorLanguage Portuguese language
hasGlottologCode forr1241
hasGlottologName Forro
hasISO6393Code for
hasLanguageCodeType ISO 639-3
hasLanguageFamily Portuguese creole languages
hasLexicalInfluenceFrom Portuguese language
West African languages
hasLexifierLanguage Portuguese language
hasNeighborLanguage Angolar language
Principense language
hasPhonologicalInfluenceFrom Portuguese language
hasSpeakerShiftTo Portuguese language
hasStatus minority language
national language of São Tomé and Príncipe
hasType Atlantic creole
isEndangered true
isSubjectOf creole linguistics research
primaryRegion São Tomé Island
linked to: São Tomé
regionType Gulf of Guinea creoles area
spokenIn Gulf of Guinea region
linked to: Gulf of Guinea

São Tomé Island
linked to: São Tomé

São Tomé and Príncipe
subclassOf Gulf of Guinea Creole
Portuguese creole
usedByEthnicGroup Forro people
usedFor everyday communication
music
oral tradition
storytelling
writingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

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Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Forro hasAlternativeName Forro language
Angolar Creole alternativeName Língua Angolar
linked to: Forro language
Angolar Creole hasSociolinguisticSituation coexists with Forro Creole
linked to: Forro language
Forro language hasAlternativeName Língua forro
linked to: Forro language