Maio Creole

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Maio Creole
Region Maio Island
Portuguese Creole
  • Afro-Portuguese Creole
    • Upper Guinea Creole
      • Maio Creole
Language codes
ISO 639-3

Maio Creole is the name given to the variant of Cape Verdean Creole spoken mainly in the Maio Island of Cape Verde. It belongs to the Sotavento Creoles branch. It numbers the entire island population which includes a small part which also speaks Portuguese, in 2005, the percentage was 1.36%. [1]

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It is the eighth and one of the least spoken Cape Verdean Creole and is after Brava and ahead of Boa Vista.

Characteristics

Besides the main characteristics of Sotavento Creoles the Maio Creole has also the following ones:

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