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RUI (what an ugly name btw) is a liar.


Ethnologue report for CAPE VERDE:

http://www.ethnologue.com/show_country.asp?name=Cape+Verde+Islands



Languages of Cape Verde Islands
[See also SIL publications on the languages of Cape Verde Islands.]

Republic of Cape Verde. República de Cabo Verde. 415,294. National or official languages: Portuguese, Kabuverdianu. Literacy rate: 37% to 70%. Information mainly from J. Holm 1989; S. and T. Graham 2002. The number of languages listed for Cape Verde Islands is 2. Of those, both are living languages.

Living languages
Kabuverdianu

[kea] 393,943 in Cape Verde Islands (1998 S. Graham). Population includes 255,101 in Sotavento or 65% of the speakers, 138,842 in Barlavento or 35% of the speakers. Population total all countries: 926,078. Sotavento dialect is on Santiago, Maio, Fogo, and Brava islands; Barlavento dialect is on Santo Antão, São Vicente, São Nicolau, Sal, and Boa Vista islands. Also spoken in France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal, Senegal, Spain, USA. Alternate names: Caboverdiano. Dialects: Sotavento, Barlavento. There is a creole continuum and some decreolization. Lexical similarity 59% with the Gulf of Guinea creoles. Classification: Creole, Portuguese based
More information.
Portuguese

[por] 14,817 in Cape Verde Islands (2004). Classification: Indo-European, Italic, Romance, Italo-Western, Western, Gallo-Iberian, Ibero-Romance, West Iberian, Portuguese-Galician
More information.

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So, Portuguese in Cape Verde is spoken only by a small minority.

LOL,

Why do you insist on giving your opinion on a subject you clear know nothing about?

Your supossed Kabuverdianu is nothing more than Portuguese with a mixture of creole words and a different accent. Have you ever been there? Well I have. Have you know any Cabo Verdian people? Well in Lisbon theres a nearby city called Amadora which is called the biggest Cabo Verdian city, due to the fact that it has way more Cabo Verdian Population than cidade da Praia for instance.

You really should travel more.

I'm from Kabuverdi, you prick.

Portuguese is probably the only european language in africa thats actually spoken by the general population (of all classes) amongst themselves, and is not just a scolarly and/or diplomatic language like french is in Senegal or Congo.

Sure you are. LOL

That's why u say Kabuverdi MEGA LOL

Now go and learn something about Cabo Verde history before comming here saying nosenses.

<< Portuguese is probably the only european language in africa thats actually spoken by the general population (of all classes) amongst themselves, and is not just a scolarly and/or diplomatic language like french is in Senegal or Congo. >>

French has become a first language in many African countries particularly in Cote d'Ivoire and Gabon, In fact the number of native speakers in Sub Saharan Africa is increasing very fast.

-Portuguese is probably the only european language in africa thats actually spoken by the general population (of all classes) amongst themselves-

that's a lie.
most people in Guine Bissau, Cape Verde and Mozambique DON"T SPEAK PORTUGUESE. national language of Cape Verde is Creole which will be made official in a few years:


Long Live Capeverdean, Portuguese go home!




Sentado, ta pensa na bo, na bo joia e na bo corpo,sexy, ku boca doce, Angel sensual

Um kre leva pa lugar, nunca bo by, imagina, mi ma bo
Um kre leva p'ra lugar nsabé ku sonha tão bom ki no by

Bota gosta baby um sabé
ntadabu tudo ke bo kre
faze amor sima ninguém faze
ma bo x2

Sende luz ke pa oia kre faze amor ma bo
Bo sensual, paixão no ar, kre faze amor ma bo

Um kre leva p'ra lugar, nunca bo by, imagina mi ma bo
Um kre leva p'ra lugar nsabé ku sonha relaxa e no by

Bota gosta baby um sabé
ntadabu tudo ke bo kre
faze amor sima ninguém faze
ma bo x2

hahaha, hohoho faze amor ma bo x2

ho girl bo ta chinti, cima ma girl deve chinti x6

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7q1fMLwCAo

Man, and you insist?

Cabo Verde is probably the African nation more Europerized. Most of their population lives overseas and their culture and language is extremely connected to Portugal. Why don't you go there and see within your own eyes?

Their connection is soo strong that they even want to join EU.
Their currency was peged with Portuguese escudo, they side with Portuguese teams, and so on, and so on.

They do speak Portuguese, which is the European language with most African and Araba terms. Why is their Portuguese less Portuguese than Portuguese from Portugal? It's a living language, and the example is that some Cabo Verdian expressions are used by Portuguese Youth.

<<Um kre leva pa lugar, nunca bo by, imagina, mi ma bo
Um kre leva p'ra lugar nsabé ku sonha tão bom ki no by

Bota gosta baby um sabé
ntadabu tudo ke bo kre
faze amor sima ninguém faze
ma bo x2

Sende luz ke pa oia kre faze amor ma bo
Bo sensual, paixão no ar, kre faze amor ma bo

Um kre leva p'ra lugar, nunca bo by, imagina mi ma bo
Um kre leva p'ra lugar nsabé ku sonha relaxa e no by

Bota gosta baby um sabé
ntadabu tudo ke bo kre
faze amor sima ninguém faze
ma bo x2 >>

It looks quite creole.

Of course it's criolo. So what?

Cesária Évora always sings in criolo. But she gives interviews in Portuguese.

I haven't seen Cesaria Evora talking portuguese.
She's fluent only in Cape Verdean creole and French, not Portuguese tho'.
You never see Portuguese on Cape Verde Tv on the streets (newscasters speak Portuguese yes, but interviewers on the streets and interviewees communicate in Cape Verdean Creole with no problem):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTPVzxpn6k4

It would be rude to use Portuguese in dialog.

A couple of years ago a documentary about the way children in Cabo Verde built their own toys. The interviews were conducted in Portuguese, and the kids answered very well - in Portuguese. Your time to shoot now