creole_atlantic · Cape Verde
Cape Verde (Barlavento / São Vicente Kriolu)
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Cape Verde · São Vicente / Barlavento
São Vicente's Barlavento Kriolu -- the variety of Mindelo -- diverged from Sotavento Santiago Kriolu partly through later settlement and heavier 19th-20th century Portuguese contact via the island's coaling-port economy, giving it a phonology closer to European Portuguese in places even though its grammar remains fully Kriolu, distinct from Portuguese.
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Active features
Every phonetic parameter that deviates from this schema’s diffing anchor, with a plain-English gloss.
| Feature | Value | Meaning | Drill |
|---|---|---|---|
| Languagelanguage | mixed | Drill | |
| Mixed Languagesmixed_languages | — | Drill | |
| S Treatments_treatment | standard | Drill | |
| D Intervocalicd_intervocalic | standard | Drill | |
| D Finald_final | standard | Drill | |
| R Infinitiver_infinitive | standard | Drill | |
| N Final Velarizationn_final_velarization | No | Drill | |
| Final Consonant Dropfinal_consonant_drop | none | Drill | |
| Vowel Reductionvowel_reduction | crisp_open | Drill | |
| Vowel Nasalizationvowel_nasalization | phonemic | Drill | |
| Mid Vowel Qualitymid_vowel_quality | reduced_unstressed | Drill | |
| R Guttural Strengthr_guttural_strength | moderate | Drill | |
| Creole Tense Markingcreole_tense_marking | Yes | Drill |