Sal Creole

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Sal Creole is the name given to the variant of Cape Verdean Creole spoken mainly in the island of Sal of Cape Verde. It belongs to the Barlavento Creoles branch. The speakers of this form of Cape Verdean Creole are 15,000^{[citation needed]}.

Contents 1 Characteristics 2 Vocabulary 3 Grammar 4 Phonology 5 Alphabet

[edit] Characteristics

Besides the main characteristics of Barlavento Creoles the Sal Creole has also the following ones:

• The progressive aspect of the present is formed by putting tâ tâ before the verbs: tâ + tâ + V.
• In the verbs that end by ~a, that sound /ɐ/ is represented by /ɔ/ when the verb is conjugated with the first person of the singular pronoun. Ex.: panhó-m’ /pɐˈɲɔm/ instead of panhâ-m’ /pɐˈɲɐm/ “to catch me”, levó-m’ /leˈvɔm/ instead of levâ-m’ /leˈvɐm/ “to take me”, coçó-m’ /koˈsɔm/ instead of coçâ-m’ /koˈsɐm/ “to scratch me”.
• The sound /ʤ/ (that originates from old Portuguese, written j in the beginning of words) is partially represented by /ʒ/. Ex. jantâ /ʒɐ̃ˈtɐ/ instead of djantâ /ʤɐ̃ˈtɐ/ “to dine”, jôg’ /ʒoɡ/ instead of djôgu /ˈʤoɡu/ “game”, but in words like djâ /ʤɐ/ “already”, Djõ /ʤõ/ “John” the sound /ʤ/ remains.

[edit] Vocabulary

Main article: Cape Verdean Creole#Vocabulary

[edit] Grammar

Main article: Cape Verdean Creole#Grammar

[edit] Phonology

Main article: Cape Verdean Creole#Phonology

[edit] Alphabet

Main article: Cape Verdean Creole#Writing_system

The Cape Verdean Creole
Sotavento Creoles Brava | Fogo | Maio | Santiago
Barlavento Creoles Boa Vista | Sal | Santo Antão | São Nicolau | São Vicente