The Annobonese language, called by its speakers Fá d'Ambô or Fla d'Ambu, is spoken by 9,000 in the Ano Bom and Fernando Póo Islands off the coast of Equatorial Guinea, mostly by people of mixed African, Spanish, and Portuguese descent.. Current distribution of Human Language Families Most languages are known to belong to language families. ... Portuguese creoles are creole languages which have been significantly influenced by Portuguese. ... ISO 639-1 is the first part of the ISO 639 international-standard language-code family. ... ISO 639-2:1998 Codes for the representation of names of languages — Part 2: Alpha-3 code Twenty-two of the languages have two three-letter codes: a code for bibliographic use (ISO 639-2/B) a code for terminological use (ISO 639-2/T). ... ISO 639-3 is in process of development as an international standard for language codes. ... The International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) is a system of phonetic notation devised by linguists to accurately and uniquely represent each of the wide variety of sounds (phones or phonemes) used in spoken human language. ... Phonetics (from the Greek word φωνή, phone = sound/voice) is the study of sounds (voice). ... Technical note: Due to technical limitations, some web browsers may not display some special characters in this article. ... This is a concise version of the International Phonetic Alphabet for English sounds. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... Annobón (or Annabon; from Ano bom Portuguese for Good Year) is an island south of São Tomé Island (São Tomé and Príncipe), in the Gulf of Guinea, 1° 24 S. and 5° 35 E., belonging to Equatorial Guinea. ... Bioko (spelled also Bioco) is an island off the west coast of Africa in the Gulf of Guinea, formerly called Fernando Pó or Fernando Póo and known as Otcho to Bubi. ... A satellite composite image of Africa Africa is the worlds second largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. ...

Annobonese is a creole language based on Portuguese. It is called Falar de Ano Bom or annobonense in Portuguese language, and annobonés in Spanish. // A creole language, or just creole, is a well-defined and stable language that originated from a non-trivial combination of two or more languages, typically with many distinctive features that are not inherited from either parent. ... Portuguese ( (help· info)) is an Iberian Romance language originated in Portugal, which is now the official language also of Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Macao, Mozambique, and São Tomé and Príncipe and Timor-Leste. ...

Origins

The language was spoken originally by the descendants of marriages between Portuguese men and African women slaves imported from other places, especially from São Tomé, and threfore descends from a mixture of Portuguese and Forro. World map showing location of Africa A satellite composite image of Africa Africa is the worlds second_largest continent in both area and population, after Asia. ...

Language features

Annobonese is analogous to Forro. In fact, it must be derived from Forro as it shares the same structure (82% of its lexicon). After Annobón passed to Spain, the language gained some words of Spanish origin (10% of its lexicon), although it is difficult to be sure, given the similarity between Spanish and Portuguese. Today, the Spanish language is the official language of the island. Forro is a Portuguese-based creole language spoken in São Tomé and Príncipe. ... Annobón (or Annabon; from Ano bom Portuguese for Good Year) is an island south of São Tomé Island (São Tomé and Príncipe), in the Gulf of Guinea, 1° 24 S. and 5° 35 E., belonging to Equatorial Guinea. ... This article is about the international language known as Spanish. ...

External links

• Fá d'Ambô Ethnologue report on Fá d'Ambô.