São Tomé and Príncipe
São Tomé and Príncipe (; pt, São Tomé e Príncipe (); English: " Saint Thomas and Prince"), officially the Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe ( pt, República Democrática de São Tomé e Príncipe), is a Portuguese-speaking i ...
has Portuguese as the official and national language. It is spoken by virtually all of the population. Locally developed restructured varieties of Portuguese or Portuguese creoles are also spoken:
Forro,
Angolar and
Principense
Principense Creole, also called ''lunguyê'' creole ("creole of the island") by its native speakers, is a Portuguese language, Portuguese creole language spoken by a community of some four thousand people in São Tomé and Príncipe, specifically ...
.
Cape Verdean Creole
Cape Verdean Creole is a Portuguese-based creole languages, Portuguese-based creole language spoken on the islands of Cape Verde. It is also called or by its native speakers. It is the native creole language of virtually all Cape Verdeans and ...
is spoken by 8.5% and it is also a Portuguese creole. French (6.8%) and English (4.9%) are foreign languages taught in schools.
See also
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Portuguese-speaking African countries
External links
Linguistic situation in São Tomé and Príncipe
References
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