Pichinglis
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Pichinglis, commonly referred to by its speakers as Pichi and formally known as Fernando Po Creole English (Fernandino), is an Atlantic English-lexicon creole language spoken on the island of Bioko, Equatorial Guinea. It is an offshoot of the Krio language of Sierra Leone, and was brought to Bioko by Krios who immigrated to the island during the colonial era in the 19th century.
Key facts
- Language.name
- Pichinglis
- Language.altname
- Fernando Po Creole English
- Language.states
- Bioko, Equatorial Guinea
- Language.speakers
- 6,000
- Language.date
- 2011
- Language.ref
- e18
- Language.speakers2
- L2 speakers: 70,000 (2011)
- Language.familycolor
- Creole
- Language.fam1
- English Creole
- Language.fam2
- Atlantic
- Language.fam3
- West African Pidgin English
- Language.fam4
- Krio
- Language.iso3
- fpe
- Language.glotto
- fern1234
- Language.glottorefname
- Pichi
- Language.notice
- IPA
- Language.map
- bioko.jpg
- Language.mapcaption
- Pichi-speaking communities in Bioko (in bold)
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- number of speakers, writers, or signers
- 6000
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10 sectionsContents
- Size of speaker community
- Present status
- Linguistic affiliation
- Language contact between Pichi and Spanish
- Some examples of Pichi–Spanish code-mixing
- Overview of Pichi grammar
- See also
- References
- Relevant literature
- External links
Pichinglis, commonly referred to by its speakers as Pichi and formally known as Fernando Po Creole English (Fernandino), is an Atlantic English-lexicon creole language spoken on the island of Bioko, Equatorial Guinea. It is an offshoot of the Krio language of Sierra Leone, and was brought to Bioko by Krios who immigrated to the island during the colonial era in the 19th century.
Pichi is the most widely spoken language of the capital Malabo, next to Spanish, and it serves as a primary language to probably the majority of the capital's inhabitants. Pichi is also used as a primary language in a number of villages and towns along the Coast of Bioko – amongst them Sampaca, Fiston, Basupú, Barrio las Palmas and Luba, and is spoken as a lingua franca throughout Bioko. It is also spoken by a sizable community of people originating from Bioko in Bata, the largest town on the continental part of the country.