Fernando Po Creole English
A language of Equatorial Guinea
| Population | 5,000 (1998 S. Smith). |
| Region | North central Bioko Island, Fernando Po, 6 communities in Malabo area: Musola, Las Palmas, Sampaca, Basupu, Fiston, Balveri de Cristo Rey. |
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Equatorial Guinea,Gabon and São Tomé e Príncipe, reference number 13 |
| Alternate names | Criollo, Equatorial Guinean Pidgin, Fernandino, Fernando Po Krio, Pidginglis |
| Dialects | Pidginglis may be a separate language from Krio. |
| Classification | Creole, English based, Atlantic, Krio |
| Language use | Trade language. Used by 70,000 or 17.5%. About 1,000 are monolingual. Language of instruction in school is Spanish. English and some Bube [bvb] are also used. |
| Language development | Literacy rate in L2: 75% in Spanish. |
| Comments | Agriculturalists. Christian. |
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