Cape Verdean Creole

Cape Verdean Creole is a Portuguese-based creole language spoken on the islands of Cape Verde. It is the native creole language of virtually all Cape Verdeans and is used as a second language by the Cape Verdean diaspora.

Cape Verdean Creole
kabuverdianu, kriolu, kriol
Native toCape Verde
Native speakers
871,000 (2017)
Portuguese Creole
  • Afro-Portuguese Creole
    • Upper Guinea Creole
      • Cape Verdean Creole
Writing system
Latin (ALUPEC)
Language codes
ISO 639-3kea
Glottologkabu1256
Linguasphere51-AAC-aa

The creole has particular importance for creolistics studies since it is the oldest living creole. It is the most widely spoken Portuguese-based creole language.

The full, formal name is Cape Verdean Creole (kabuverdianu), but in everyday usage the creole is simply called "Creole" (kriolu/kriol) by its speakers.

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