Cape Verde Islands
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Kabuverdianu
[kea] Widespread. Users: 492,000 in Cape Verde Islands, all users. L1 users: 478,000 in Cape Verde Islands (2010 census), increasing. L2 users: 14,000 (2010 census). 74,000 monolinguals (2010 census). Ethnic population: 1,000,000 (2010 Gabinete de Migração Cabo-verdiana). Total users in all countries: 1,194,800 (as L1: 1,180,800; as L2: 14,000). Status: 1 (National). Statutory national language (2010, Constitution, Article 9(2-3)). Alternate Names: Caboverdiano, Cape Verdean Creole, Criol, Crioulo, Krioulu. Autonym: Kabuverdianu, Kriol. Classification: Creole, Portuguese based.
Portuguese
[por] Major cities. Users: 367,800 in Cape Verde Islands, all users. L1 users: 11,800 in Cape Verde Islands (2010 census). L2 users: 356,000 (2010 census). Status: 1 (National). Statutory national working language (1992, Constitution, Article 9(1)). Alternate Names: Português. Classification: Indo-European, Italic, Romance, Italo-Western, Western, Gallo-Iberian, Ibero-Romance, West Iberian, Portuguese-Galician.