- Sal Creole
Sal Creole is the name given to the variant of
Cape Verdean Creole spoken mainly in the island of Sal ofCape Verde . It belongs to theBarlavento Creoles branch. The speakers of this form of Cape Verdean Creole are 15,000Fact|date=April 2007.Characteristics
Besides the main characteristics of
Barlavento Creoles the Sal Creole has also the following ones:
* The progressive aspect of the present is formed by putting "tâ tâ" before the verbs: "tâ" + "tâ" + V.
* In the verbs that end by "~a", that sound /ɐ/ is represented by /ɔ/ when the verb is conjugated with the first person of the singular pronoun. Ex.: "panhó-m’" /pɐˈɲɔm/ instead of "panhâ-m’" /pɐˈɲɐm/ “to catch me”, "levó-m’" /leˈvɔm/ instead of "levâ-m’" /leˈvɐm/ “to take me”, "coçó-m’" /koˈsɔm/ instead of "coçâ-m’" /koˈsɐm/ “to scratch me”.
* The sound /ʤ/ (that originates from old Portuguese, written "j" in the beginning of words) is partially represented by /ʒ/. Ex. "jantâ" /ʒɐ̃ˈtɐ/ instead of "djantâ" /ʤɐ̃ˈtɐ/ “to dine”, "jôg’" /ʒoɡ/ instead of "djôgu" /ˈʤoɡu/ “game”, but in words like "djâ" /ʤɐ/ “already”, "Djõ" /ʤõ/ “John” the sound /ʤ/ remains.Vocabulary
Grammar
Phonology
Alphabet
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