Cápa
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| Cápa | |
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| Cápo, Cábo, Kabo, Kabosje, isiKapa, Cape [of Good Hope] Creole | |
| isiKápa | |
| Pronunciation | [isi.kʰɐ́pɐ] |
| Created by | Jukethatbox |
| Date | 2023 |
| Native speakers | 14,000,000 (2023) |
Cape Creole
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Dialects |
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| Sources | Afrikaans, Portuguese, Zulu, Xhosa, English |
| Official status | |
Official language in | Cape State |
Recognised minority language in | Lesotho, Orange, Eswatini |
| Regulated by | Ministeri isiKápa |
Cápa, also known as Cápo, Cábo, Kabo, Kabosje, isiKapa and/or Cape [of Good Hope] Creole, is an Afrikaans-Portuguese-English-Zulu-Xhosa creole language spoken in the area between the Orange River and the south African coast, commonly known as the Cape of Good Hope(cabo da boa esperança in Portuguese).
Some more modern Portuguese loanwords derive from Brazilian Portuguese rather than European Portuguese, although in some cases both variations can be used, e.g. BP xícara and EP chávena, both meaning "cup", become shíxher(Cápa: [ʃík‖ʼɛɾ]), "cup" and sháfna(Cápa: [ʃɐ́ɸnɐ]), "glass(container)".
Phonology
Orthography
Cápa uses the 26 letters of the Latin alphabet, with tone, stress and length(of a sound) marked by diacritics. These diacritics are mostly based on the Portuguese alphabet, with ⟨á⟩ and ⟨à⟩ indicating rising and falling tone respectively, and ⟨â⟩ indicating primary stress and ⟨ā⟩ indicating a lengthened allophone.
| Diacritics | |
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| Length | ā · ē · ī · ō · ū |
| Stress | â · ê · î · ô · û |
| Rising tone | á · é · í · ó · ú |
| Falling tone | à · è · ì · ò · ù |