What is Guinea-Bissau Creole?
{{Infobox language | name = Guinea-Bissau Creole | altname = Kiriol, Crioulo | nativename = {{lang|pov|guinensi}}, {{lang|pov|kriyol}}, {{lang|pov|kiriol}}, {{lang|pov|purtuguis 'kriolo'}} | states = [[Guinea-Bissau]], [[Senegal]], [[The Gambia]] | speakers = {{sigfig|1 | 2}} million<ref>The remainder of the population listed in ''Ethnologue'' 18 appears to be Cape Verdean Creole, as per ''Ethnologue'' 12.</ref> | date = 2006–2007 | ref = e18 | speakers2 = [[L2 speakers]]: 600,000 in Guinea-Bissau (no date)<ref name=e12>{{e12|pov|Upper Guinea Crioulo}}</ref><!--comment not in e11--> | familycolor = Creole | fam1 = [[Portuguese Creole]] | fam2 = Afro-Portuguese Creole | fam3 = Upper Guinea Creole | iso3 = pov | glotto = uppe1455 | glottorefname = Upper Guinea Crioulo | lingua = 51-AAC-ab }} '''Guinea-Bissau Creole''', also known as '''Kiriol''', is a [[Creole language]]. Its [[lexicon]] derives mostly from [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]]. It is spoken in [[Guinea-Bissau]], [[Senegal]] and [[The Gambia]]. Its native speakers also call it ''guinensi'', ''kriyol'', or ''portuguis''. Guinea-Bissau Creole is spoken as a [[native language]] by approximately 15% (190,000) of Bissau-Guineans. It is spoken as a second language by approximately 50% (as of some time before 1992). A variant of Guinea-Bissau Creole called Portuguis Creole or Casamance Creole is also spoken in southern Senegal. It is mainly in the region of Casamance, a former Portuguese colony. Creole is the majority language of the inhabitants of the Casamance region. It is used as a language of [[commerce]]. Standard Portuguese is the official language of Guinea-Bissau, but Guinea-Bissau Creole is the language of [[trade]], informal [[literature]] and entertainment. It is not used in [[news media]], [[parliament]], [[public service]]s or educational programming. ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:Languages of Africa]] [[Category:Guinea-Bissau]] [[Category:Senegalese culture]] [[Category:Gambian culture]] [[Category:Pidgins and creoles]] {{lit-st