Angolar
Angolar is an Indo-European language spoken in São Tomé & Príncipe. Glottolog rates it threatened.
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Angolar Creole (Angolar: n'golá) is a Portuguese-based creole language of São Tomé and Príncipe, spoken in the southernmost towns of São Tomé Island and sparsely along the coast, especially by Angolar people. It is also called n'golá by its native speakers. It is a creole language with a majority Portuguese lexicon and a heavy substrate of a dialect of Kimbundu (port. Quimbundo), a Bantu language from inland Angola, where many had come from prior to being enslaved. It is rather different from Sãotomense, the other creole language spoken on the island.
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Words in Angolar
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| woman | mengai | |
| person | nge* | |
| name | nomi* | |
| eye | we* | |
| ear | oriya* | |
| nose | ndesi* | |
| tooth | dEnci* | |
| tongue | lungwa* | |
| hand | mo* | |
| blood | 8angi* | |
| bone | oso* | |
| skin | pEli* | |
| knee | vEmpuna* | |
| breast | mama* | |
| liver | incima* | |
| water | awa | |
| fire | fogo* | |
| sun | nkumbi* | |
| star | tEtEmbu* | |
| stone | mburu* | |
| mountain | mundu* | |
| tree | po* | |
| leaf | fia* | |
| night | ncuku* | |
| dog | ka8o* | |
| fish | kikie* | |
| louse | iru* | |
| two | do8u* | |
| I | am* | |
| you | bo* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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Vocabulary
- SãotomenseIndo-European66% alike
- PrincipenseIndo-European41% alike
- GalicianIndo-European25% alike
- TernateñoIndo-European24% alike
- PortugueseIndo-European24% alike
- Campidanese SardinianIndo-European24% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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