The following is the entry for this language as it appeared in the 14th edition (2000).
It was superseded by the corresponding entry in the 15th edition (2005). See also the corresponding entry in the current edition of Ethnologue.
SIL code: PLN
ISO 639-2: crp
| Population | The ethnic group is 2,500 (1989 J. Holm). |
| Region | Village of San Basilio de Palenque southeast of Cartagena, and 2 neighborhoods in Barranquilla. |
| Alternate names | PALENQUE, LENGUA |
| Classification | Creole, Spanish based. |
| Comments | Entirely unintelligible to Spanish speakers. Linguistic influences from Kongo in Democratic Republic of Congo (I. Hancock 1987). Most members of the ethnic group speak Spanish as mother tongue, but some old people have limited proficiency in Spanish. 10% of those under 25 speak it (1998 Armin Schwegler) . Most speakers are older. Everyone values Palenquero. People are culturally distinct from nearby Spanish speakers. Investigation needed: bilingual proficiency in Spanish, attitudes toward Spanish. Grammar. |
