Fernandino

They use the language - cryo , which was formed on the basis of the Creole language, formed on American plantations from the English pidgin, a number of dialects of English and elements of the French-speaking and Portuguese-speaking pidgin, as well as the Yoruba language, and its variant Potto (“port dialect”). According to a 1998 estimate, more than 70,000 inhabitants of Equatorial Guinea use Potto as a trading language. (Dolgopolsky 1955: 29-60.)

Most Fernandino are Catholics , a minority are Protestants . (Popov 1998: 577.)

The first existing Fernandino group appeared on the island of Fernando Po. Fernandino is a mixture of creoles moving to Fr. Bioko and the descendants of liberated slaves from Jamaica , Puerto Rico and Cuba , who settled there in the 19th century. These are the descendants of the unions of the Bubi mulattos and men of Spanish origin. As a rule, offspring from such a union were not recognized by their fathers, however, some couples still married in the Catholic Church. (Yakubovsky 1992: 58-60.) During the colonial rule and the beginning of the struggle for independence, many Fernadino settled in Annobon , the Canary Islands and Of Spain . To avoid political and social problems. (Melnikov, Korochantsev 2001: 36-38.)

Fernandino, living on mainland Equatorial Guinea, appeared later Fernandino Fernando-Po.

• Portuguese creoles

• Dolgopolsky A. B. Against the erroneous concept of "hybrid" languages, (On Creole dialects), "Uch. app. 1 Mosk. state ped Institute of Foreign languages ​​”, 1955. v. 7. - S. 29-60.
• Melnikov I.A., Korochantsev V.A. Equatorial Guinea. M. 2001, pp. 36-38.
• Popov V.A. Fernandino // Peoples and religions of the world / Chapters. ed. V.A. Tishkov. M .: Big Russian Encyclopedia, 1998.S. 577.
• Yakubovsky V. Python on the runway // Around the World . - 1992. - No. 5. - S. 58-60.