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Maio Creole is the name given to the variant of Cape Verdean Creole spoken mainly in the Maio Island of Cape Verde. It belongs to the Sotavento Creoles branch. It numbers the entire island population which includes a small part which also speaks Portuguese. It is the eight and one of the least spoken Cape Verdean Creole and is after Brava and ahead of Boa Vista. ==Characteristics== Besides the main characteristics of Sotavento Creoles the Maio Creole has also the following ones: * The progressive aspect of the present is formed by putting ''stâ'' before the verbs: ''stâ'' + V. * The unstressed final vowels and frequently disappear. Ex.: ''cumádr’'' instead of ''cumádri'' “midwife”, ''vilúd’'' instead of ''vilúdu'' “velvet”, ''bunít’'' instead of ''bunítu'' “beautiful”, ''cantád’'' instead of ''cantádu'' “sung”. * The sound (that originates from old Portuguese, written ''j'' in the beginning of words) is partially represented by . Ex. ''jantâ'' instead of ''djantâ'' “to dine”, ''jôg’'' instead of ''djôgu'' “game”, but in words like ''djâ'' “already”, ''Djõ'' “John” the sound remains. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Maio Creole」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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