Editing Spanish-based creole languages (section)

===Annobonese Creole===
The '''[[Annobonese Creole]]''', locally called '''Fa d'Ambö''' ('''Fa d'Ambu''' or even '''Fá d'Ambô''') is a [[Portuguese creole|Portuguese-based creole]], similar to [[Forro language|Forro]], with some borrowings from Spanish. It is spoken by 9,000 people on the islands of [[Annobón|Ano Bom]] and [[Bioko]], in [[Equatorial Guinea]]. In fact, Fa d'Ambu shares the same structure of Forro (82% of lexicon).

In the 15th century, the island was uninhabited and discovered by [[Portugal]] but, by the 18th century, Portugal exchanged it and some other territories in Africa for Uruguay with [[Spain]]. Spain wanted to get territory in Africa, and Portugal wanted to enlarge even more the territory that they saw as the "New Portugal" (Brazil). Nevertheless, the populace of Ano Bom was against the shift and was hostile toward the Spaniards. This hostility, combined with their isolation from mainland Equatorial Guinea and their proximity to [[São Tomé and Príncipe]]—just 400&nbsp;km from the island—has assured the maintenance of its identity.

Fa d'Ambu has gained some words of [[Spanish language|Spanish]] origin (10% of lexicon), but some words are dubious in origin because Spanish and Portuguese are closely related languages.

{{See also|History of Equatorial Guinea}}