Fogo Creole

Template:Template other Template:Short description Fogo Creole is the name given to the variant of Cape Verdean Creole spoken mainly in the Fogo of Cape Verde. It belongs to the Sotavento Creoles branch. The rankings of this form of Cape Verdean Creole are fourth after Santo Antão and ahead of Sal.

Characteristics

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

• The progressive aspect of the present is formed by putting stâ before the verbs: stâ + V.
• The sound that originates from Portuguese (written ão) is represented by instead of . Ex. coraçã instead of coraçõ “heart”, mã instead of mõ “hand”, razã instead of razõ “reason”.
• The sound switches to when it is at the end of syllables. Ex. ártu instead of áltu “tall”, curpâ instead of culpâ “to blame”, burcã instead of vulcõ “volcano”.
• The sound disappears when it is at the end of words. Ex.: lugá’ instead of lugár “place”, midjô’ instead of midjôr “better”, mudjê’ instead of mudjêr “woman”.
• The diphthongs (oral or nasal) are in general pronounced as vowels. Ex.: mã’ instead of mãi “mother”, nã’ instead of nãu “no”, pá’ instead of pái “father”, rê’ instead of rêi “king”, tchapê’ instead of tchapêu “hat”.
• The pre-tonic sound is velarized near labial or velar consonants. Ex.: badjâ “to dance” pronounced , cabêlu “hair” pronounced , catchô’ “dog” pronounced .

External links

• Short story collections in Fogo Creole by Elsie Clews Parsons
• Tenporal Sta Ben: Un Stória di Nho Lobu Template:Webarchive - children's short story in Fogo Creole and also in English