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ISO 639-3 · cricri
Gulf of Guinea Creole family · creole or pidgin
Forro Creole
Forro Creole is a creole or pidgin of the Gulf of Guinea Creole branch, spoken in São Tomé and Príncipe. Wikidata counts about 69,899 speakers. Wikidata describes it as “Portuguese-based creole language spoken in São Tomé and Príncipe”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
cri- Glottocode
saot1239- Family
- Gulf of Guinea Creole
- EGIDS
- 6b Threatened
- Wikipedia
- 20 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
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1levels in the tree
6bEGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Forro Creole |
|---|---|
| Also called | Crioulo santomense, Forro language, Sãotomense, Santome, Forro |
| All speakers | 69,899 |
| Written in | Latin script |
| Kind | creole or pidgin |
Vitality
EGIDS 6b Threatened6b
Endangered. Children are no longer learning it everywhere, or only grandparents speak it — EGIDS 6b to 8b.
Other languages at this levelfamily tree
From Gulf of Guinea Creole to Forro Creole
The branches above Forro Creole, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
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