The Portuguese language of São Tomé and Príncipe

• Autor(a) principal: Macedo Balduino, Amanda
• Data de Publicação: 2022
• Outros Autores: Bandeira, Manuele, Freitas, Shirley
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng; por
• Título da fonte: Fórum Linguístico
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/forum/article/view/79197

This paper provides a linguistic overview of the history and current status of Santomean and Princepean Portuguese (PST and PP). The rise of these varieties in Sao Tome and Principe goes back to their colonial origins in a multilingual environment, and also to their development into Second Language of indigenous people – later nativized as mother language by their offspring. Besides, from data collected on the spot, the article presents a brief synchronic overview of some phonological features of these varieties, focusing on phonological phenomena such as nasalization, rhotic variation, vocalization and segmental deletion, which are recurrent in PST and in PP. The analysis of historical, social and linguistic factors allows us to conclude that the development of local varieties is evident in STP. Although there is lack of a robust linguistic description and systematization, PST and PP are endowed with identity linguistic traits.