Talk:Annobonese Creole

Clarification needed
“Annobonese is analogous to Forro. In fact, it must be derived from Forro as it shares the same structure (82% of its lexicon).” This passage needs clarification. Annobonese is not more analogous to Forro than the other Gulf of Guinea Creoles. The four are probably derived from the same pidgin, but not one from another. It is not the lexicon that will prove that two (or more) languages have the same structure. Ten Islands (talk) 10:23, 1 December 2014 (UTC)

Wiki Education assignment: Languages of the World
— Assignment last updated by Jennifersanchez0410 (talk) 22:43, 12 October 2022 (UTC)

Correction needed
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Annobonese Creole currently says "Sentences that are ditransitive... must place the indirect object in precedence to the direct object- this arrangement is equivalent to that of the Spanish arrangement, a language which Fa d’Ambô is based heavily on."

However, in the example "Pay da mina dyielu", I believe mina is 'child' and dyielu is 'money'. This word order is actually opposite to the word order in the Spanish example, "El padre da dinero al niño", where dinero is 'money' and niño is 'child'.

Compare https://apics-online.info/valuesets/38-58

I haven't made the edit myself because I don't actually know the language. Mrevan (talk) 11:05, 23 April 2023 (UTC)


 * In fact El padre da al niño dinero is possible too. --Jotamar (talk) 12:26, 23 April 2023 (UTC)

Annobón, Bioko ... and Equatorial Guinea's mainland
At the moment, the page says that the creole is spoken mainly on Annobón island; Bioko island; some speakers in Equatorial Guinea's mainland. I suppose that those who speak it in Bioko and the mainland are recent immigrants, otherwise it sounds very strange. Can someone clarify it? Jotamar (talk) 23:07, 25 April 2023 (UTC)