Angolar
A language of São Tomé e Príncipe
| Population | 5,000 (1998 SIL). |
| Region | São Tomé Island south tip, São João dos Angolares area; some south of Caué area. |
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Equatorial Guinea,Gabon and São Tomé e Príncipe, reference number 1 |
| Alternate names | Ngola |
| Dialects | Substratum largely Kwa [kwb] and Western Bantu; quite distinct from creoles of Guinea-Bissau, Senegal, Gambia, and Cape Verde. The 33% of the Angolar lexicon not shared with São Tomense [cri] is largely of Bantu origin, apparently Kimbundu [kmb] of Angola, with some from Koongo [kng] and Bini [bin]. Lexical similarity: 70% with São Tomense, 67% with Principense [pre], 53% with Fa D’ambu [fab]. |
| Classification | Creole, Portuguese based |
| Language use | Home, community. Some also use São Tomense or Portuguese. |
| Language development | Literacy rate in L2: 50% Portuguese. Grammar. |
| Comments | Distinct ethnolinguistic group from the Forros (‘freedmen’). Tonal. Christian. |
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