- Principense language
Infobox Language
name = Principense
nativename = "Lunguyê"
states =São Tomé and Príncipe
speakers = 200 [ [http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=pre Ethnologue] ]
familycolor = Creole
fam1 =Creole language
fam2 =Portuguese Creole
fam3 = Afro-Portuguese Creole
fam4 = Gulf of Guinea Creole
iso2=cpp |iso3=preThe Principense language, called "lunguyê" ("Language of the Island") by its speakers, is spoken in a community of couple of thousand people in
São Tomé and Príncipe , but today is mostly spoken by some elderly women, almost all of them on the island ofPríncipe . Today, most of the community in the island speaks Portuguese; some also speak Forro.Principense presents many similarities with the Forro on
São Tomé and may be regarded as a Forro dialect. Like Forro, it is acreole language based on Portuguese with substrates of Bantu and Kwa.References
External links
* [http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=pre Principense] Ethnologue report on Principense.
See also
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Portuguese Creole
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