Daman Creole Portuguese
Verbs table
| gloss | layer | base | pst | prog | cpl |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| sing | lexeme | kanta | kant-o | kanta-n | kanta-d |
| eat | lexeme | kume | kume-u | kume-n | kumi-d |
| go up | lexeme | subi | subi-u | subi-n | subi-d |
| mutter | lexeme | beblu | beblu | beblu-n | beblu-d |
| sing | suffix | a | o | an | ad |
| eat | suffix | e | eu | en | id |
| go up | suffix | i | iu | in | id |
| mutter | suffix | u | u | un | ud |
Daman Creole Portuguese notes
References
Bonami, Olivier, Fabiola Henri and Ana R. Luís. 2012. Tracing the origins of inflection in creoles A quantitative analysis. Paper given at the Ninth Creolistics Workshop, Aarhus, April 2.
Clements, J. Clancy and Andrew J. Koontz-Garboden. 2002. Two Indo-Portuguese creoles in contrast'. Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages 2. 191--236.