Brava Creole

E155066

Brava Creole is a regional variety of Cape Verdean Creole spoken primarily on the island of Brava, characterized by its own distinct phonological and lexical features.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Brava Creole canonical 10

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (33)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Atlantic Creole ⓘ
Cape Verdean Creole variety ⓘ
Portuguese-based creole ⓘ
spoken language ⓘ
belongsTo Creole languages of the Atlantic ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Fogo Creole ⓘ
Santiago Creole ⓘ
linked to: São Nicolau Creole
country Cape Verde ⓘ
linked to: Cape Verde Islands
hasAlternativeName Brava variety of Cape Verdean Creole ⓘ
hasDomain informal communication ⓘ
local cultural expression ⓘ
hasFeature distinct lexicon ⓘ
distinct phonology ⓘ
lexical items unique to Brava Island ⓘ
nasalization patterns typical of Sotavento varieties ⓘ
phonological variation from Santiago and Fogo varieties ⓘ
reduction of final vowels in some words ⓘ
hasPhonologicalProcess consonant cluster simplification ⓘ
vowel reduction ⓘ
influencedBy Portuguese ⓘ
linked to: Portuguese language

West African languages ⓘ
ISOStatus does not have a separate ISO 639-3 code from Cape Verdean Creole ⓘ
languageFamily Portuguese Creole ⓘ
languageOf Brava Island population ⓘ
lexifierLanguage Portuguese ⓘ
linked to: Portuguese language
partOf Sotavento (southern) group of Cape Verdean Creoles ⓘ
primaryRegion Brava Island ⓘ
regionType island variety ⓘ
status primarily spoken language ⓘ
subfamilyOf Cape Verdean Creole ⓘ
usedIn everyday communication on Brava Island ⓘ
oral tradition on Brava Island ⓘ
writingSystem Latin script ⓘ
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Cape Verdean Creole → hasPart → Brava Creole ⓘ
Maio Creole → closelyRelatedTo → Brava Creole ⓘ
Upper Guinea Creoles → hasPart → Brava Creole ⓘ
Fogo Creole → closelyRelatedTo → Brava Creole ⓘ
Sotavento group of Cape Verdean Creoles → hasPart → Brava Creole ⓘ
Sotavento group of Cape Verdean Creoles → hasDialect → Brava Creole ⓘ
Sotavento Creoles → hasMember → Brava Creole ⓘ
Santiago Creole → closelyRelatedTo → Brava Creole ⓘ