Forro Creole

Sãotomense-language text" typeof="mw:Transclusion">forro'' Creole (forro) ko Sãotomense () yare ne na Portuguese wanda ake magana a São Tomé da Príncipe . 

Bai kamata a rikita shi da harshen Portuguese na São Tomean ba, nau'in Portuguese da ba a kirkira ba wanda yawancin mutanen São Tomé ke magana a São Tomé da Príncipe.

São Tomé tsibiri ne na Tekun Guinea, wanda bawa-linkid="77" href="./Portugal" id="mwGw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Portugal">Portuguese suka gano a karni na 15. Ba a zaune a lokacin ba, amma mazauna Portuguese sun yi amfani da tsibirin a matsayin cibiyar cinikin bayi, kuma aKwa buƙatar bayi a tsibirin. An yi la'akari da cewa tun lokacin da bangarorin biyu ke buƙatar sadarwa, an kafa pidgin. Harsunan da aka samo asali sun fito ne daga kungiyoyin Bantu da Kwa. An yi imanin cewa wannan pidgin ya zama mai gyara (creolized) yayin da ya zama harshen uwa na yara da aka haifa daga maza na Portuguese da mata bayi na Afirka. Auren da aka haɗu da su daga Ƙasar Portugal ta karfafa su, don kare sulhu.

 Rarraba da harsuna masu alaƙa 
Forro yare ne na creole tare da mafi yawan ƙamus da ke fitowa daga Portuguese, harshen superstrate. Harsunan da aka samo asali sun fito ne daga kungiyoyin Bantu da Kwa. Ya yi kama da wasu Creole guda biyu da ake magana a kasar (Principense Creole da Angolar Creole) da kuma Creole da aka samu a tsibirin Annobón, Equatorial Guinea (Annobonese Creole).

 Kalmomin kalmomi 
Kodayake Creole na São Tomean yana da (kuma har yanzu yana da) ƙuntataccen hulɗa tare da Portuguese (an gani a matsayin harshen da ya fi dacewa), ya adana adadi mafi yawa na abubuwan da ke cikin harsuna, fiye da Creoles na Cape Verde. Kimanin kashi 93% na ƙamus na Creole na São Tomean daga Portuguese ne kuma kashi 7% na asalin Afirka. Yawancin masu magana da Forro Creole suna magana da harshen Portuguese wanda ba a yi amfani da shi ba.

Although 95% of São Tomeans speak Portuguese and it is the country's national language, Forro Creole is traditionally said to be spoken by 85% of the inhabitants of São Tomé Island, or 81.7% of the country's population. However, official census figures state that only 36.2%[<span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2017)">citation needed</span>] of the population can speak Forro Creole, and the creole is now considered threatened.

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