- Brava Creole
Brava Creole is the name given to the variant of
Cape Verdean Creole spoken mainly in the Brava Island ofCape Verde . It belongs to theSotavento Creoles branch. The speakers of this form of Capeverdean Creole are 8,000Fact|date=April 2007. One of the least spoken being seventh place and one of the firsts to have written literature, in whichEugénio Tavares wrote some of his poems.Characteristics
Besides the main characteristics of
Sotavento Creoles the Brava Creole has also the following ones:
* The progressive aspect of the present is formed by putting "stâ" before the verbs: "stâ" + V.
* The sound that originates from Portuguese /ɐ̃w/ (written "ão") is represented by /ɐ̃/ instead of /õ/. Ex. "coraçã" /koɾɐˈsɐ̃/ instead of "coraçõ" /koɾɐˈsõ/ “heart”, "mã" /mɐ̃/ instead of "mõ" /mõ/ “hand”, "razã" /ʀɐˈzɐ̃/ instead of "razõ" /ʀɐˈzõ/ “reason”.Vocabulary
Grammar
Phonology
Alphabet
External links
* [http://www.bcv.cv/_conteudo/dinheiro/nota/1999/2000.htm A short poem in Brava Crioulo] on a Cape Verde banknote.
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