| Principense Creole | |
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| Lunguyê | |
| Native to | São Tomé and Príncipe |
Native speakers | 200 (2021)[1] |
Portuguese-based creole
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | pre |
| Glottolog | prin1242 |
| Linguasphere | 51-AAC-acb |
 Location of São Tomé and Príncipe | |
Principense Creole (endonym:Lunguyê) is aPortuguese-basedcreole language spoken inSão Tomé and Príncipe, specifically the island ofPríncipe. There are twoPortuguese creoles on the island ofSão Tomé,Angolar andForro.[2] Today, younger generations of São Toméans are not likely to speak Principense, which has led to its fast decline andmoribund status.[3] It is mostly spoken by the elderly (Ethnologue gives a figure of approximately 200 native speakers in total), while most of the island's community speaks noncreolePortuguese; some also speak another, closely related creole,Forro.
Principense presents many similarities with the Forro onSão Tomé and may be regarded as a Forro dialect. Like Forro, it is acreole language heavily lexified byPortuguese with substrates ofBantu andKwa.
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