Cape Verdean Creole
（重定向自Kabuverdianu）
![Mornas – cantigas crioulas by Eugénio Tavares,one of the first books with creole texts.](/Images/godic/202501/21/0LivroET4231.jpg")
![Diglossia: announcement (law) in Portuguese; commercial in Creole.](/Images/godic/202501/21/2006.07.28.cv.sv.Mindelo.di4231.jpg")
![Some linguistic books about the creole.](/Images/godic/202501/21/Cape_Verdean_Creole_linguistic_books4231.jpg")
Cape Verdean Creole is a creole language of Portuguese basis, spoken on the islands of Cape Verde. It is the native language of virtually all Cape Verdeans, and it is used as a second language by the Cape Verdean diaspora.
The language has particular importance for creolistics studies since it is the oldest (still-spoken) creole, and the most widely spoken Portuguese-based creole.