Angolar

AOA

vigorous

Alternate Names: Ngola

Dialects: None known. Substratum largely Kwa , and Western Bantu; quite distinct from creoles of Guinea-Bissau, Senegal, Gambia, and Cape Verde. The 33% of the Angolar lexicon not shared with Sãotomense , is largely of Bantu origin, apparently Kimbundu , of Angola, with some from Koongo , and Bini ,. Lexical similarity: 70% with São Tomense ,, 67% with Principense ,, 53% with Fa d’Ambu ,.

Genealogy:

Creole
Portuguese based

Demographics: 5,000 (1998 SIL).

Language Use: Home, community. Also use Portuguese [por], Sãotomense [cri].

Language Development: Literacy rate in L2: 50% Portuguese. Grammar.

Typology: Tonal.

Nation of Origin: São Tomé e Príncipe

Other Comments: Distinct ethnolinguistic group from the Forros, the emancipated. Most Angolares speak Sãotomense ,, and tend to be absorbed into the Forros. Christian.