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ISO 639-3 · prepre
Gulf of Guinea Creole family · creole or pidgin
Principense
lunguyê
Principense is a creole or pidgin of the Gulf of Guinea Creole branch, spoken in São Tomé and Príncipe. Wikidata counts about 100 speakers (2023). Wikidata describes it as “Portuguese-based Creole language spoken in São Tomé and Príncipe”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
pre- Glottocode
prin1242- Family
- Gulf of Guinea Creole
- EGIDS
- 8a Moribund
- Wikipedia
- 17 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
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8aEGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Principense · lunguyê |
|---|---|
| Also called | Principense language |
| All speakers | 100 (2023) |
| Written in | Latin script |
| Kind | creole or pidgin |
Vitality
EGIDS 8a Moribund8a
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 Principense
The branches above Principense, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
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where it is spoken