Guinea-Bissau Languages

Description

 * The official language of Guinea-Bissau is Portuguese, which is spoken by 11% of the population.
 * Guinea-Bissau Creole is spoken by 44% of the population. It is also known as Kiriol or Crioulo whose lexicon derives mostly from Portuguese.
 * French is also learned in schools because Guinea-Bissau is surrounded by French-speaking countries.
 * Native languages include:
 * Balanta
 * Fula
 * Mandjak
 * Mandinka
 * Papel

Word List(s)
Example of Creole, Portuguese, and English:
 * Creole: Tudu pekaduris ta padidu libri i igual na balur suma na diritus. Suma e dadu kapasidadi di pensa, e tene tambi konsiensia, e dibi di trata nutru suma ermons.
 * Portuguese: Todas as pessoas que nascem são iguais e livres nos direitos. Como são dadas as mesmas capacidades de pensar e ter também consciência, devem ser tratadas como irmãos!
 * English: All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.

Portuguese
 * Portuguese Genealogical Word List
 * Useful Portuguese phrases (Omniglot)

Guinea-Bissau Creole
 * Guinea-Bissau Creole phrasebook (Wikivoyage)
 * Guinea-Bissau Creole phrases Level 1 (Memrise)

French
 * French Genealogical Word List
 * Useful French phrases (Omniglot)

Alphabet and Pronunciation
Portuguese
 * Portuguese phonology (Wikipedia)
 * Portuguese alphabet (Wikipedia)
 * Portuguese Alphabet and Pronunciation (Omniglot)

Guinea-Bissau Creole
 * Guinea-Bissau Creole (Kriol, Kiriol, Kriolu, Purtuguis) Alphabet and Pronunciation (Omniglot)

French
 * French phonology (Wikipedia)
 * French alphabet (Wikipedia)
 * French Alphabet and Pronunciation (Omniglot)

Language Aids and Dictionaries
Portuguese
 * Portuguese Letter-writing Guide
 * Portuguese Handwriting (BYU Script Tutorial)
 * English to Portuguese Dictionary (Glosbe)
 * Learn Portuguese (duolingo)
 * Learn Portuguese (Babbel)

Guinea-Bissau Creole
 * Dieterle, Gertrud. Disionariu kiriol-inglis = Creole-English dictionary. Bissau, Guiné-Bissau : Evangelical Church and WEC Mission of Guinea-Bissau, 1999. Available at WorldCat
 * How to speak Guinea-Bissau Creole (phrases) (Quizlet)
 * Guinea-Bissau language - How to speak Portuguese Creole (YouTube)

French
 * French Letter Writing Guide
 * English to French Dictionary (Glosbe)
 * Learn French (duolingo)
 * Learn French (Babbel)

Additional Resources

 * Gaved, Timothy. A grammar of Mankanya : an Atlantic language of Guinea-Bissau, Senegal and the Gambia. Amsterdam : LOT, [2020]. Available at WorldCat
 * Kihm, Alain. Kriyol syntax : the Portuguese-based Creole language of Guinea-Bissau. Amsterdam : J. Benjamins, ©1994. Available at WorldCat
 * Guinea-Bissau (Britannica)
 * Guinea-Bissau (Wikitravel)