Cape Verde Creole
Language Information
Cape Verde Creole (Kabuverdianu) is spoken in Cape Verde and by large Cape Verdean communities in Portugal and the United States (especially Massachusetts and Rhode Island).
It is a Portuguese-based creole, probably the oldest living creole language, which developed in the 15th and 16th centuries. It has about 1 million speakers.
It is a Portuguese-based creole, probably the oldest living creole language, which developed in the 15th and 16th centuries. It has about 1 million speakers.
- Language Family
- Pidgin and Creole
- Subgroup
- Portuguese Creole
Cape Verde Creole Language Sample
Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Article 1
Kabuverdianu
Tudo ser humano na ês mundo nacê libri e igual na sê dignidade e na sês drêto. Na sês razon e na sês concénça, tudo arguem debê porcêdê pa co tudo guenti na sprito di fraternidadi.English translation
All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.
Source: OHCHR translations of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights