Santiago Creole


Santiago Creole is the name given to the Cape Verdean Creole spoken mainly on Santiago Island of Cape Verde. It belongs to the Sotavento Creoles branch of Creole.
Santiago Creole is the linguistic entity of the most important island of Cape Verde, and the linguistic entity of the capital of the country, Praia, situated in the same island.

Characteristics

Besides the main characteristics of Sotavento Creoles the Santiago Creole has also the following ones:

Grammar

Phonology

Alphabet