GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

Detailed explanation-1: -Portuguese is the official and the de facto national language of São Tomé and Príncipe, with about 98.4% speaking it. Restructured variants of Portuguese or Portuguese creoles are also spoken: Forro Creole-36.2% Cape Verdean Creole-8.5%

Detailed explanation-2: -Portuguese is the official language of nine States – Angola, Brazil, Cabo Verde, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, Portugal, Sao Tome and Principe and Timor-Leste, and is also an official language of Macau Special Administrative Region of China.

Detailed explanation-3: -São Tomé and Príncipe islands were a colony of the Portuguese Empire from its discovery in 1470 until 1975, when independence was granted by Portugal.

Detailed explanation-4: -Portuguese. The Sao Tome and Principe islands were occupied by the Portuguese from 1470 to 1975. The years of Portuguese colonialization firmly established the Portuguese language in the territory.

Detailed explanation-5: -São Tomé and Príncipe has Portuguese as the official and national language. It is spoken by virtually all of the population. Locally developed restructured varieties of Portuguese or Portuguese creoles are also spoken: Forro, Angolar and Principense.