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Principense

A language of São Tomé e Príncipe

ISO 639-3: pre

Population  200 (1999 SIL). Ethnic population: 1,558.
Region  Príncipe Island.
Alternate names   Lun’gwiye, “Moncó”
Dialects  Substratum largely Kwa [kwb] and Western Bantu; quite distinct from creoles of Guinea-Bissau, Senegal, Gambia, and Cape Verde. Lexical similarity: 77% with Sãotomense [cri], 67% with Angolar [aoa], 62% with Fa D’ambu [fab].
Classification  Creole, Portuguese based
Language use  National language. Older adults. Most speak Portuguese; some learn Sãotomense.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

GRAHAM, Steve, author. 2001. "A look at the acts of identity theory through a social network analysis of Portuguese-based creoles in West Africa."

GRAHAM, Steve; GRAHAM, Trina, authors. 2004. "West Africa lusolexed creoles word list file documentation."  Available online