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Crioulo, Upper Guinea

A language of Guinea-Bissau

ISO 639-3: pov

Population	206,000 in Guinea-Bissau (2006), increasing. Population total all countries: 483,400.
Region	Bijagos Islands. Also in Gambia, Senegal, United States.
Alternate names	Guinea-Bissau Creole, Kiryol, Kriulo, Portuguese Creole
Dialects	Bissau-Bolama Creole, Bafatá Creole, Cacheu-Ziguinchor Creole.
Classification	Creole, Portuguese based
Language use	Trade language. 600,000 or more L2 users (Chataigner ms). Few also use Portuguese.
Language development	Taught in primary schools. Grammar. Bible: 1999.

Also spoken in:

Senegal

Language name	Crioulo, Upper Guinea
Population	105,000 in Senegal (2007).
Region	Ziguinchor, Bignona, and Kolda.
Alternate names	Kriulo, Portuguese Creole
Dialects	Cacheu-Ziguinchor Creole.
Language development	Literacy rate in L1: Below 1%.
Comments	The Senegal dialect is different from Guinea-Bissau, with some Pidgin French vocabulary. Intelligible with Guinea-Bissau Creole. Christian.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

NICOLETI, Elizabeth Colleen, author. 2012. Substrate Influence on Body-Part Idioms in Crioulo of Guinea-Bissau.  

NICOLETI, Elizabeth, author. 2011. Substrate Influence on body-part idioms in Crioulo of Guinea-Bissau.