The Upper Guinea Creoles are Portuguese-based creole languages, based in West Africa, that have Portuguese as their substantial lexifier.
It includes the languages:
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Cape Verdean Creole
Cape Verdean Creole is a 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 used as a second language by t ...
, spoken in Cape Verde.
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Guinea-Bissau Creole
Guinea-Bissau Creole, also known as Kiriol or Crioulo, is a creole language whose lexicon derives mostly from Portuguese. It is spoken in Guinea Bissau, Senegal and The Gambia. It is also called by its native speakers as , , or .
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, spoken in Guinea-Bissau, and Casamance, Senegal.
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Papiamento, spoken in Aruba, Bonaire, and Curaçao.
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