Editing Angolar Creole (section)

== History ==
In the middle of the 16th century, a [[slave ship]] from Angola sunk before the southern coast of [[São Tomé Island|São Tomé]]. The surviving people aboard settled the coast as free fishermen. Their language was different from other creole language on the island. Today, between 10% and 20% of its linguistic elements are still of African origin.<ref>{{cite book |editor1-last=Christóvão |editor1-first=Fernando |title=Dicionário temático da Lusofonia |date=2005 |publisher=ACLUS |location=Lissabon/Luanda/Praia/Maputo |isbn=972-47-2935-4 |page=614 |edition=1}}</ref>

European Portuguese is mostly spoken in formal situations, in the media, business, education, judicial system and legislature, while Angolar and Sao Tomean Portuguese are preferred for informal situations as a [[vernacular language]] in day-to-day life and daily activities, and [[code switching]] even occurs between Angolar, standard European Portuguese, and São Tomean Portuguese in informal speech.