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Cape Verde (/ ˈ v ɜːr d (i)/ ⓘ, VURD(-ee)) or Cabo Verde (/ ˌ k ɑː b oʊ ˈ v ɜːr d eɪ / ⓘ KAH-boh VUR-day, / ˌ k æ b oʊ-/ KAB-oh -, [ˈkabu ˈveɾdɨ]), officially the Republic of Cabo Verde, is an island country and archipelagic state of West Africa in the central Atlantic Ocean, consisting of ten volcanic islands with a combined land area of about 4,033 square kilometres ...
Praia (Portuguese pronunciation:, Portuguese for "beach") is the capital and largest city of Cape Verde. [1] Located on the southern coast of Santiago island, within the Sotavento Islands group, the city is the seat of the Praia Municipality. Praia is the political, economic and cultural center of Cape Verde.
The only writing system officially recognized by the authorities in Cape Verde is called the Alfabeto Unificado para a Escrita da Língua Cabo-verdiana (ALUPEC, lit. ' Unified Alphabet for the Writing of the Cape Verdean Language '), which was approved for official use on an experimental basis in 1998 by Decree-Law No. 67/98. [16]
While Cape Verdean Creole is the mother tongue of nearly all the population in Cape Verde, Portuguese is the official language.Creole is, therefore, used colloquially, in everyday usage, while Portuguese is used in official situations, at schools, in the media, etc. Portuguese and Creole live in a state of diglossia, meaning that Portuguese is typically used in formal situations, in the media ...
Santiago Creole is the name given to the Cape Verdean Creole spoken mainly on Santiago Island of Cape Verde.It belongs to the Sotavento Creoles branch of Creole.. Santiago Creole is the linguistic entity of the most important island of Cape Verde, and the linguistic entity of the capital of the country, Praia, situated in the same island.
This is a list of cities and towns in Cape Verde. In Cape Verde, there are two types of urban settlements: cities ( Portuguese : cidades ) and towns ( Portuguese : vilas ). Since 2015, there are 24 cities and 19 towns. [ 1 ]
Cachupa (Portuguese pronunciation: [kɐˈʃupɐ], Cape Verdean Creole Katxupa IPA: [kɐˈʧupɐ]) is a famous dish from the Cape Verde islands, West Africa. It is a slow-cooked stew of corn (), beans, cassava, sweet potato, fish or meat (sausage, pork, beef, goat or chicken), and often morcela (blood sausage).
Cidade Velha ([siˈðaðɨ ˈvɛʎɐ], Portuguese for "old city", also: Santiago de Cabo Verde) is a city [2] in the southern part of the island of Santiago, Cape Verde. Founded in 1462 by Portuguese traders, [3]: 77 it is the oldest settlement in Cape Verde and its former capital.