Guinea-Bissau Creole

Guinea-Bissau Creole is spoken as a native tongue by 250,000 Bissau-Guineans[citation needed] and as a second language by 1,000,000.

In 1899, the city was ceded to France and in the middle of the 20th century, the language spread to the surrounding area.

Today, although they continue to struggle, the movement is more placid and learning Portuguese is popular in Casamance because they see it has a link to their past.

[5] In Senegal, the creole is the first language of at least 46,500 people (1998); it is mainly spoken in Ziguinchor, but there are also speakers in other Casamance cities and in The Gambia.

The use of Guinea-Bissau Creole is still expanding[citation needed] but with growing interference from Portuguese (due to television, literacy, prestige and emigration to Portugal) and African languages (through the migration of speakers of native African languages to the main urban centres of Guinea-Bissau, where the creole is prevalent).