Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Infobox Language name VincentianCreole states Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Saint Vincent speakers familycolor Creole fam1 Creole language fam2 English based creole languages English Creole fam3 Atlantic fam4 Eastern fam5 Southern iso2 none iso3 svc notice nonotice VincentianCreole is a Creole language spoken in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Saint Vincent . The number of speakers of VincentianCreole is at about 100,000. VincentianCreole does not have the status of an official language. See also Antiguan Creole Belizean Creole Jamaican Patois Bajan Bermudian English Jamaican English Antillean Creole Anglophone Caribbean Creoles Category Languages of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Category English based pidgins and creoles Category Languages of the Caribbean Pidgincreole lang stub SaintVincent stub sh Vincentski kreolski jezik ... more details
Vincentian can refer to A citizen of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines A person from Saint Vincent island , the largest island in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines A member of one of the Roman Catholic orders or societies in the Vincentian Family , including Society of Saint Vincent de Paul Congregation of Priests of the Mission Lazarists Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul Vincentian Academy , a Roman Catholic preparatory school in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Vincentian Studies Institute , an institute at DePaul University in Chicago, Illinois disambig ... more details
Infobox School name Vincentian Academy image Large Crest with spirit transparent.png imagesize 150px ... ca. 250 enrollment as of 2008 ref name about cite web work Vincentian Academy website title About Vincentian url http www.duq.edu vincentian about accessdate 30 June 2010 ref free label free text ... homepage http www.duq.edu vincentian www.duq.edu vincentianVincentian Academy is a Roman Catholic Church ... was founded by the Vincentian Sisters in 1932 as Vincentian High School . It began an affiliation ... the affiliation, during which the school was known as Vincentian Academy Duquesne University , ended in June 2010. ref name duke Cite news title Vincentian partnership ends newspaper The Duquesne Duke ... ratio, ref name main cite web work Vincentian Academy website title Main page url http www.duq.edu vincentian accessdate 29 January 2010 ref and the enrollment as of the 2006 2007 school year consisted ... Academics Vincentian Academy maintains 100 percent university placement. ref name about Vincentian ... Diploma Program . The IB Program At Vincentian Academy approximately 80 percent of all juniors ... pass. Over the past eight years Vincentian IB diploma candidates have achieved an 82 percent pass ... States pass rate of approximately 75 percent. ref name academics cite web work Vincentian Academy website title International Baccalaureate url http www.duq.edu vincentian academics international ... name history cite web title A brief history of Vincentian Academy publisher Vincentian Academy url http www.duq.edu vincentian about history.cfm accessdate 29 January 2010 Dead link date October 2010 ... unconventional leadership. ref name history Dialogue with the Vincentian Sisters began in 1993 ... 1995, Vincentian Academy Duquesne University became officially operational, and 31 new Academy ..., with the new Academy gradually replacing the old Vincentian High School. The International Baccalaureate ... and a unique experience for teachers. In adopting the IB, Vincentian Academy Duquesne University ... more details
Vincentian Family refers to organizations that are inspired by the life and work of St. Vincent de Paul , a 17th century priest who transformed the face of France. He directly founded the Confraternities of Charity today known as the A.I.C. the Congregation of the Mission and the Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul . Frederic Ozanam , inspired by a Daughter of Charity, Rosalie Rendu , founded the Society of St. Vincent de Paul . Sr. Betty Ann McNeill , D.C. has written a definitive work identifying some 268 institutes that meet at least one criterion as members of the Vincentian Family. The Vincentian Family, inter alia, has, as its incumbent head, Father G. Gregory Gay III, C.M., of Baltimore , the incumbent worldwide superior general of the Congregation of the Mission , elected during the community s general assembly June 5 29, 2004 in Rome . ref http www.famvin.org wiki index.php?title Gregory Gay 2C CM famvin.org, Father G. Gregory Gay III, C.M. ref Opus Prize Finalist On August 30, 2007, The Catholic University of America , with the Opus Prize 2004 Foundation, affiliated ... and Vincentian priest Rev. Norberto Carcellar, Lazarists C.M. , of the Homeless People s Federation ... to these Vincentian Family priests and brothers. ref http famvin.org en wp content uploads 2007 ... with his work for the homeless in the Philippines. ref ref http famvin.org en archive vincentian family triple play nets over one million dollars famvin.org en, Vincentian Family Triple Play Nets ... Vincentian Academy International Baccalaureate Programme http www.filles de la charite.org en index.html Daughters of Charity http www.famvin.org Vincentian Family News http famvin.org wiki index.php?title Family Tree Project Vincentian Family Tree Project Vincentian Studies Institute at DePaul University, Chicago, US http famvin.org wiki Vincentian Encyclopedia http vlmusa.org Vincentian Lay Missionaries http www.secretariadojmv.org VMY Vincentian Marian Youth References reflist Category ... more details
wiktionarypar CreolecreoleCreole may refer to People TOCright Creole peoples various distinct ethnic groups mix of culture Louisiana Creole people Belizean Kriol people Sierra Leone Creole people Krio Dayak people , an ethnic group in West Kalimantan, Indonesia Mauritian Creole people Surinamese Creole people Haitian Creole people Languages Creole language , a stable, full fledged language that originated from a pidgin or combination of other languages. Creole languages subgroups may include Arabic based creole languages Dutch based creole languages English based creole languages French based creole languages Singdarin , Chinese based creole languages German based creole languages Malay based creole languages Ngbandi based creole languages Portuguese based creole languages Spanish based creole languages Specific creole languages include Haitian Creole language , French based, an official language of Haiti Mauritian Creole , French based, spoken in Mauritius Louisiana Creole French , spoken in Louisiana Belizean Kriol language , spoken in Belize Cape Verdean Creole , spoken on the islands ... Liberian Kreyol language , spoken in Liberia Seychellois Creole , French based, spoken in the Seychelles Guinea Bissau Creole , spoken in Guinea Bissau Negerhollands , a Dutch based creole, once spoken in the U.S. Virgin Islands Bislama , an English based creole, spoken in Vanuatu Llanito , a Spanish and English based creole, spoken in Gibraltar Bajan or Barbadian Creole, English based, spoken in Barbados Antillean Creole or Cr ole Martiniquais, French based, spoken in the Lesser Antilles Tok Pisin , an official language of Papua New Guinea Torres Strait Creole or Brokan, spoken in Far North East Australia, Torres Strait, and South West Papua Other uses Louisiana Creole cuisine , a style of cooking of the New Orleans area, Louisiana that blends many influences. Creole Love Call , a composition by Duke Ellington Creole song , a song by Beyonc The Creole case Creole case , an international ... more details
The Vincentian Sisters of Charity in Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania were founded in 1902. External links http www.vincentiansrspgh.org sistersofcharity index.html Vincentian Sisters of Charity Category Sisters of Charity Federation Category Religious organizations established in 1902 Category Christianity in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Category Roman Catholic religious orders established in the 20th century ... more details
Primarysources date January 2008 The Vincentian Studies Institute of the United States VSI , at DePaul University , Chicago , is a Roman Catholic organization with a mission to promote the Vincentian Family ... heritage of the Vincentian family in following Jesus Christ , the Evangelizer of the Poor and the source ... entitled Vincentian Heritage , a scholarly monograph series, and a wide variety of translations and original works in the Vincentian tradition. The organization periodically offers continuing education ... intended to promote a greater understanding of the Vincentian history and tradition. Barnes & Noble , in collaboration with the Institute, sponsors a Vincentian Heritage department as part of their bookstore service to DePaul University. This site offers a wide selection of Vincentian Heritage books, cards, and artwork. The Institute seeks opportunities to collaborate with all branches of the Vincentian ... of the Vincentian Studies Institute can be found in the Second Vatican Council Second Vatican ... by a variety of France French Vincentian historians beginning in the mid nineteenth century after the Congregation ... Combaluzier , Pierre Coste , and Andr Dodin are representatives of this French school of Vincentian historiography . Their labors established the foundation for all contemporary work in Vincentian ... the Vincentian Studies Institute. The inspiration for this idea was the Jesuit Historical Institute ... 1 to promote scientific Vincentian studies and assure their dissemination 2 to make known Vincentian thought and spirituality and 3 to help the members of the Vincentian Community learn more about ... for the study of Vincentian history and spirituality. They felt that a national version .... A preliminary proposal was drawn up and submitted to the Vincentian Conference composd of the five ... and By laws approved by the Vincentian Conference in October 1979. The following March the organization ... Reverend Frederick Easterly, C.M. USA East thus became the first presiding officer of the Vincentian ... more details
Infobox Language name Grenadian Creole states Grenada speakers 89,227 ref name autogenerated1 http www.ethnologue.com show language.asp?code gcl Ethnologue report for language code gcl Bot generated title ref familycolor Creole fam1 Creole language fam2 English based creole languages English Creole fam3 Atlantic fam4 Eastern fam5 Southern iso2 none iso3 gcl notice nonotice Grenadian Creole, or Grenadian Creole English, is a Creole language spoken in Grenada . It is a member of the Southern branch of English based Eastern Atlantic Creoles, along with Antiguan Creole Antigua and Barbuda , Bajan Barbados , Guyanese Creole Guyana , Tobagonian Creole , Trinidadian Creole Trinidad and Tobago , VincentianCreole Saint Vincent and the Grenadines , and Virgin Islands Creole Virgin Islands . ref http www.ethnologue.com show family.asp?subid 90706 Ethnologue report for Southern Bot generated title ref It is the native language of nearly all inhabitants of Grenada, or approximately 89,000 native speakers. ref name autogenerated1 Grenadian Creole may also refer to Grenadian French Creole which is considered the same language as Antillean Creole Saint Lucian French Creole . ref http www.ethnologue.com show language.asp?code acf Ethnologue report for language code acf Bot generated title ref History The first successful settlement by a western colonial power was in 1650, when the France French established friendly contact with the native Caribs . The Great Britain British took control of the island in the 18th century, and ruled until its independence in 1974. ref http grenadaguide.com History.htm Grenada History Bot generated title ref Despite the long history of British rule, Grenada s French heritage is still evidenced by the number of French loanword s in Grenadian Creole. ref http www.grenada history.org french.htm French Creole in Grenada Bot generated title ref See also Bajan Bermudian English Jamaican Creole Trinidadian Creole Virgin Islands Creole References reflist External ... more details
Infobox Language name Agalega Creole nativename Kreol states Agalega Islands speakers 1,000 familycolor Creole fam1 Creole language fam2 French based creole languages French Creole fam3 Bourbonnais Creole s iso2 iso3 Agalega Creole is a French based creole languages French based creole language spoken in Agalega Islands Agalega . It has been heavily influenced by both Mauritian Creole and Seychellois Creole , as well as Malagasy language Malagasy . The total population of speakers number just under 1,000. Category French based pidgins and creoles de Agalega Kreolisch ... more details
Col n Creole is a language spoken in Panama . Col n Creole is similar to varieties such as Lim n Coastal Creole , Miskito Coastal Creole M skito Coastal Creole , and Belizean Kriol language Belizean Creole Kriol . The number of speakers of Col n Creole is below 300,000 http www.ethnologue.com show country.asp?name Panama . Col n Creole does not have the status of an official language. See also Bajan Bermudian English Jamaican English Category English based pidgins and creoles Category Languages of Panama pidgincreole lang stub Anglophone Caribbean Creoles ... more details
Infobox Language name Rodriguan Creole nativename Kreol Rodriguais states Rodrigues island Rodrigues speakers 40,000 familycolor Creole fam1 Creole language fam2 French based creole languages French Creole fam3 Bourbonnais Creole s iso2 iso3 Rodriguan Creole is a French based creole language spoken on the island of Rodrigues island Rodrigues in the Indian Ocean . The total number of speakers is estimated at 40,000. On the island of Rodrigues, like in the rest of the republic of Mauritius , English is the official language and French is also spoken. Category Rodrigues Category Languages of Mauritius Category French based pidgins and creoles de Rodriguais fr Cr ole rodriguais is Rodrig ska ce Rodrigehoyn mott ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Infobox Language name Montserrat Creole states Montserrat speakers familycolor Creole fam1 Creole language fam2 English based creole languages English Creole fam3 Atlantic fam4 Eastern fam5 Southern iso2 none iso3 aig notice nonotice Montserrat Creole is a Creole language spoken in Montserrat . The number of speakers of Montserrat Creole is below 10,000. Montserrat Creole does not have the status of an official language. See also Bajan Bermudian English Jamaican English Saint Kitts Creole Anglophone Caribbean Creoles Category Montserratian society Category English based pidgins and creoles Category Languages of the Caribbean Montserrat stub Pidgincreole lang stub ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Infobox Language name Anguillan Creole states Anguilla speakers familycolor Creole fam1 Creole language fam2 English based creole languages English Creole fam3 Atlantic fam4 Eastern fam5 Southern iso2 none iso3 aig notice nonotice Anguillan Creole is an English based creole spoken on Anguilla , an island and British Overseas Territory in the Caribbean . It is similar to varieties of Virgin Islands Creole . The number of speakers of Anguillan Creole is below 10,000. Anguillan Creole does not have the status of an official language. See also Bajan Bermudian English Jamaican English Anglophone Caribbean Creoles Category Anguillan society Category English based pidgins and creoles Category Languages of the Caribbean Pidgincreole lang stub Anguilla stub lt Angilijos kreol kalba ... more details
ref IPA d an neva tiif di moni John did not steal the money See also Miskito Coastal Creole Jamaican Patois San Andr s Providencia Creole Bocas del Toro Creole Col n Creole Rio Abajo Creole Lim nese Creole Lim n Coastal Creole Guyanese CreoleVincentianCreole Virgin Islands Creole Languages of Belize ... Kriol is a creole language deriving mainly from English. Its substratum substrate languages are the Native .... It was not, however, the Belizean Kriol known today, but the so called M skito Coast Creole ... is going on. As such, a Post creole speech continuum creole continuum exists and speakers ... . ref name escure Phonologically, Belizean Kriol is a perfect example of creole languages in the Caribbean ... cold IPA o IPA don done IPA au IPA bout about 1. Like most creole languages, Kriol has a tendency ... Belize Kriol English on ethnologue.com http www.belize development.com metzgen creole proverbs.html Belizean Creole Proverbs complied by Monrad Metzgen and Henry Cain, 1925 http www.belizeanjourneys.com ... more details
Infobox Language name Chagossian Creole nativename Kreol Ilois states Mauritius , Seychelles speakers 3,000 familycolor Creole fam1 Creole language fam2 French based creole languages French Creole fam3 Bourbonnais Creole s iso2 iso3 Chagossian Creole also Kreol Ilois or just Ilois is a French based creole languages French based Creole spoken by the 3,000 or so Ilois Chagossians , the former inhabitants of the Chagos Archipelago . It is currently spoken mainly in Mauritius and the Seychelles . There is also a small minority speaking it in the United Kingdom . linguistics stub BritishIndianOcean stub Category French based pidgins and creoles Category Culture of the British Indian Ocean Territory de Tschagos Kreolisch fr Chagossien ko ... more details
Orphan date February 2009 The Creole Renaissance is a movement which established Creole language Creole as legitimate literary language, started in large part by authors like Felix Morisseau Leroy , who struggled successfully to make Haitian Creole language Haitian Kreyol the literary, educational, and official language of Haiti . This grew, in part, out of the Negritude and Haitian Indigenism movements and the Harlem Renaissance . http www.leftcurve.org LC23webPages memoriam.html Creole Renaissance memorium culture stub Category History of Haiti ... more details
Louisiana Creole can refer to Louisiana Creole people Louisiana Creole French language Louisiana Creole cuisine disambig Short pages monitor This long comment was added to the page to prevent it being listed on Special Shortpages. It and the accompanying monitoring template were generated via Template Longcomment. Please do not remove the monitor template without removing the comment as well. ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Cayman Creole is an English based creole language spoken on Cayman Islands in the Caribbean . The number of speakers of Cayman Creole is below 100,000. Cayman Creole does not have the status of an official language. See also Bajan Bermudian English Jamaican English Anglophone Caribbean Creoles Category Languages of the Cayman Islands Category Caymanian society Category English based pidgins and creoles Category Languages of the Caribbean Pidgincreole lang stub ... more details
Infobox Language name Tobagonian Creole states Tobago speakers familycolor Creole fam1 Creole language fam2 English based creole languages English Creole fam3 Atlantic fam4 Eastern fam5 Southern iso2 none iso3 tgh notice nonotice Tobagonian is a creole language and the generally spoken language in Tobago . It is distinct from Trinidadian Creole and closer to other Lesser Antilles Lesser Antillean English based creoles. See also Trinidadian English References James, Winford, 2001 http www.trinicenter.com winford 412001.htm Di NAR Nuh Deh een . James, Winford 2001, http www.triniview.com winford 2942001.htm A Signature of Tobagonian Speech . Category Languages of Trinidad and Tobago Category Tobago Category English based pidgins and creoles pidgincreole lang stub Trinidad stub Anglophone Caribbean Creoles ... more details
Brava Creole is the name given to the variant of Cape Verdean Creole spoken mainly in the Brava, Cape Verde Brava Island of Cape Verde . It belongs to the Sotavento Creoles branch. The speakers of this form of Capeverdean Creole are 8,000 Fact date April 2007 . One of the least spoken being seventh place and one of the firsts to have written literature, in which Eug nio Tavares wrote some of his poems. Characteristics Besides the main characteristics of Sotavento Creoles the Brava Creole has also the following ones The progressive aspect of the present is formed by putting st before the verbs st V . The sound that originates from Portuguese IPA w written o is IPA rather than IPA . For example, cora IPA ko s , not cora IPA ko s heart m IPA m , not m IPA m hand raz IPA z , not raz IPA z reason . Vocabulary main Cape Verdean Creole Vocabulary Grammar main Cape Verdean Creole Grammar Phonology main Cape Verdean Creole Phonology Alphabet main Cape Verdean Creole Writing system External links http www.bcv.cv conteudo dinheiro nota 1999 2000.htm A short poem in Brava Crioulo on a Cape Verde banknote. References Main Cape Verdean Creole References Cape Verdean Creole Category Brava, Cape Verde pt Crioulo da Brava ... more details
Infobox Language name R union Creole nativename Kreol R yon states R union speakers 600,000 ref http www.ethnologue.com show language.asp?code rcf Ethnologue report for language code rcf Bot generated title ref familycolor Creole fam1 Creole language fam2 French based creole languages French Creole fam3 Bourbonnais Creole s iso2 iso3 rcf R union Creole or Reunionese Creole En , or Cr ole R unionnais in French in R union Creole Kr ol R yon is a creole language spoken on R union . It is derived mainly from French language French and a few terms from other languages Malagasy language Malagasy , Hindi , Portuguese language Portuguese , Gujarati language Gujurati and Tamil language Tamil . ref name chaudenson cite book last Chaudenson first Robert authorlink coauthors title Le lexique du parler cr ole de La R union publisher date 1974 location Paris pages url doi id isbn ref In the recent years, some groups have tried to come up with a spelling dictionary and grammar rules but there is still no official version. Partly because of the lack of an official orthography but also because schools are taught in French, R union Creole is rarely written. Notably, two Asterix translations into it have been published. ref http www.asterix obelix.nl manylanguages languages.php?lng gcre ref R union Creole is structurally different from both other French based creole s and from French. It is a semi creole, similar in this way to Afrikaans . ref name holm Holm, John. Pidgins and Creoles. Volume II Reference Survey . Cambridge Cambridge University Press, 1989. ref History It is within the first fifty years of Reunion being inhabited that Reunionese Creole first formed. ref name chaudenson Most of the people living in Reunion were either French, Malagasy or Indo Portuguese . ref name chaudenson ... Creole is not fully a Creole like Mauritian Creole. ref name holm References reflist ... Creole Category French based pidgins and creoles Category French language Category Languages of R union ... more details
File Bok Tower door.JPG right thumb 250 pix The portal to the Bok Tower Gardens Bok Tower shows blue and white Creole marble as well as the pink Etowah marble Creole marble , also called Georgia creole or Georgia marble is a marble from quarries in Pickens County, Georgia . ref cite web url http cameo.mfa.org materials record.asp?key 2170&subkey 2672&MaterialName Marble&Description &Composition &CAS &MohsHardness &MeltingPoint &MolecularWeight &Density &RefrIndex &BoilingPoint &OtherProperties &Safety &Authority &Reference &ImageName &ImageCaption &Search Search&search start 21&page 2 title Material Name Creole marble publisher Museum of Fine Arts, Boston accessdate January17, 2011 ref It is coarse grained, displays a white or gray background while veins or clouds are black or dark blue. Based on the tone and coloring it sold as Light Creole, Medium Creole, and Dark Creole. Creole marble has been used extensively in buildings and monuments in the United States. Notable buildings with Creole marble United States Capitol , Washington, DC Bok Tower Gardens Carillon, Boks Tower Gardens , Florida References references See also Georgia Marble Company Etowah marble Category Marble Category Pickens County, Georgia ... more details
File Shrimp creole.jpg thumb Shrimp creole Shrimp creole is a dish of Louisiana Louisiana Creole cuisine Creole origin French people French , African people African and Spanish people Spanish Heritage , consisting of cooked shrimp in a mixture of whole or diced tomatoes, onion, celery and bell pepper, spiced with Tabasco sauce or another hot pepper sauce and or cayenne based seasoning, and served over steamed or boiled white rice. ref cite book title Joy of Cooking author Irma Rombauer, Marion Rombauer Becker, Ethan Becker year 1997 isbn 0684818701 pages page 519 ref The shrimp may be cooked in the mixture or cooked separately and added at the end. Other creole dishes may be made by substituting some other meat or seafood for the shrimp, or omitting the meat entirely. Shrimp are as delicate as eggs in regards cooking time. When they are overcooked, they have a tough and rubbery texture. Remove them from the heat when they just start to change color to pink. ref http 123recipes.com Recipe Cajun Shrimp Creole Detail Cajun Shrimp Creole Recipe at 123recipes.com ref Creole type dishes combine the qualities of a gumbo and a jambalaya . They are typically thicker and spicier than a gumbo, and the rice is prepared separately and used as a bed for the creole mixture, rather than cooked in the same pot as with a jambalaya. Creole dishes also do not contain broth or roux instead, the creole mixture is simmered to its desired degree of thickness. Apart from the foundation ingredients of onion, celery and bell pepper, creole dishes are free form improvisational dishes, as the basic recipe may be altered to include whatever ingredients the cook has available. References Reflist External links http www.nolacuisine.com 2008 04 13 shrimp creole recipe Shrimp Creole Recipe from Nola Cuisine Rice dishes Category American cuisine Category Louisiana cuisine Category Rice dishes Category Cuisine of New Orleans, Louisiana cuisine stub ... more details
Unreferenced date March 2011 Infobox Language name Nagamese states India speakers 30,000 fam1 Creole language fam2 Assamese Creole iso1 iso2 iso3 nag notice nonotice Nagamese Naga Pidgin is a creole language creole used in Nagaland . It is based on Assamese language Assamese . Since Nagaland is inhabited by people belonging to different Naga tribes speaking languages which are mutually unintelligible, Nagamese is the preferred form of communication for all. It is used in the Nagaland Legislature, as a means of explanation in Nagaland schools and in mixed households. It has been described as a creole language creole , which was stable by 1936 and which is unlikely to decreolize. English is the official language of Nagaland and 67.11 of the population is educated. Fact date November 2007 Nagamese has two cases, two tenses, three aspectual distinctions and no gender. It shares a large part of its lexicon with Assamese language Assamese . External links http ccat.sas.upenn.edu haroldfs messeas handouts nagamese nagamese.htm Review of Bhattacharya s Nagamese Pidgin, Creole or Creoloid? http www.ethnologue.com show language.asp?code nag Ethnologue report on Nagamese http rapidiq.wordpress.com 2008 06 30 survival phrases in nagamese the lingua franca of nagaland Survival Phrases in Nagamese pidgincreole lang stub Category Pidgins and creoles Category Naga people Category Languages of Northeast India la Lingua Nagamensis pms Lenga naga pidgin ... more details
Maio Creole is the name given to the variant of Cape Verdean Creole spoken mainly in the Maio, Cape Verde Maio Island of Cape Verde . It belongs to the Sotavento Creoles branch. It numbers the entire island population which includes a small part which also speaks Portuguese. It is the eight and one of the least spoken Cape Verdean Creole and is after Brava, Cape Verde Brava and ahead of Boa Vista, Cape Verde Boa Vista . Characteristics Besides the main characteristics of Sotavento Creoles the Maio Creole has also the following ones The progressive aspect of the present is formed by putting st before the verbs st V . The unstressed final vowels IPA i and IPA u frequently disappear. Ex. cum dr IPA ku mad instead of cum dri IPA ku mad i midwife , vil d IPA vi lud instead of vil du IPA vi ludu velvet , bun t IPA bu nit instead of bun tu IPA bu nitu beautiful , cant d IPA k tad instead of cant du IPA k tadu sung . The sound IPA d that originates from old Portuguese, written j in the beginning of words is partially represented by IPA . Ex. jant IPA t instead of djant IPA d t to dine , j g IPA o instead of dj gu IPA d o u game , but in words like dj IPA d already , Dj IPA d John the sound IPA d remains. Vocabulary Main Cape Verdean Creole Vocabulary Grammar Main Cape Verdean Creole Grammar Phonology Main Cape Verdean Creole Phonology Alphabet Main Cape Verdean Creole Writing system References Main Cape Verdean Creole References Cape Verdean Creole Category Maio, Cape Verde pt Crioulo do Maio ... more details
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