Sotavento Creoles
E643331
Sotavento Creoles are a group of closely related Portuguese-based creole languages spoken in the southern (leeward) islands of Cape Verde.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sotavento Creoles canonical | 2 |
| Sotavento Creole area | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7131632 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sotavento Creoles Context triple: [Maio Creole, subclassOf, Sotavento Creoles]
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A.
Barlavento Creoles
Barlavento Creoles are a group of Cape Verdean Creole dialects spoken primarily in the northern (windward) islands of Cape Verde.
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B.
São Vicente Creole
São Vicente Creole is a variety of Cape Verdean Creole spoken primarily on the island of São Vicente, known for its distinctive phonological and lexical features within the Barlavento (northern) creole group.
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C.
São Nicolau Creole
São Nicolau Creole is a regional variant of Cape Verdean Creole spoken primarily on the island of São Nicolau, characterized by its own distinct phonological and lexical features.
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D.
Boa Vista Creole
Boa Vista Creole is a regional variety of Cape Verdean Creole spoken primarily on the island of Boa Vista in Cape Verde.
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E.
Lokono
Lokono are an Indigenous Arawakan people of northern South America and the Caribbean, known for their distinct language and cultural traditions.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sotavento Creoles Target entity description: Sotavento Creoles are a group of closely related Portuguese-based creole languages spoken in the southern (leeward) islands of Cape Verde.
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A.
Barlavento Creoles
Barlavento Creoles are a group of Cape Verdean Creole dialects spoken primarily in the northern (windward) islands of Cape Verde.
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B.
São Vicente Creole
São Vicente Creole is a variety of Cape Verdean Creole spoken primarily on the island of São Vicente, known for its distinctive phonological and lexical features within the Barlavento (northern) creole group.
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C.
São Nicolau Creole
São Nicolau Creole is a regional variant of Cape Verdean Creole spoken primarily on the island of São Nicolau, characterized by its own distinct phonological and lexical features.
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D.
Boa Vista Creole
Boa Vista Creole is a regional variety of Cape Verdean Creole spoken primarily on the island of Boa Vista in Cape Verde.
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E.
Lokono
Lokono are an Indigenous Arawakan people of northern South America and the Caribbean, known for their distinct language and cultural traditions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Portuguese-based creole
ⓘ
group of languages ⓘ |
| basedOnLanguage | Portuguese language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contrastedWith | Barlavento Creoles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| developedFrom | Portuguese language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| geographicalDistribution |
Brava Island
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Fogo Island NERFINISHED ⓘ Maio Island NERFINISHED ⓘ Santiago Island NERFINISHED ⓘ Sotavento Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName | Sotavento Cape Verdean Creoles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDialectGroup |
Fogo-Brava Creole dialects
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Santiago Creole dialects NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMember |
Brava Creole
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Fogo Creole NERFINISHED ⓘ Maio Creole NERFINISHED ⓘ Santiago Creole NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Atlantic Creole
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Indo-European language family ⓘ
surface form:
Indo-European languages
Portuguese Creole ⓘ |
| originatedIn | Cape Verde archipelago NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Cape Verdean Creole continuum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenIn | Cape Verde NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenInRegion |
leeward islands of Cape Verde
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
southern islands of Cape Verde ⓘ |
| subclassOf | Cape Verdean Creole NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| typologicalFeature |
Portuguese-derived lexicon
ⓘ
creole grammar ⓘ |
| usedAs | vernacular language in Cape Verde ⓘ |
| usedBy | Cape Verdean population in Sotavento Islands ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Sotavento Creoles Description of subject: Sotavento Creoles are a group of closely related Portuguese-based creole languages spoken in the southern (leeward) islands of Cape Verde.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Sotavento Creole area