ALUPEC letters: A B D DJ E F G H I J K L LH M N NH N̈ O P R S T TX U V X Z (the only extended letter is <n̈> n with umlaut)

ALUPEC letters: A B D DJ E F G H I J K L LH M N NH N̈ O P R S T TX U V X Z

ALUPEC letters: A B D DJ E F G H I J K L LH M N NH N̈ O P R S T TX U V X Z

"In 2005, the ALUPEC was recognized by the Cape Verdean government as a viable system for writing the Cape Verdean Creole, being until now the only one officially recognized by the same government. In spite of being the only one officially recognized, the same law allows the usage of alternative writing models, “as long they are presented in a systematized and scientific way”." (Wikipedia)

Wikipedia, "ALUPEC", http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ALUPEC

______, "Cabo Verde," http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabo_Verde

Bartens, Angela (Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Sede Sans Andrés), 1999. The Rocky road till education in Creole: Examples from Portuguese-, Spanish- and French-based creole speaking communities. Cuadernos del Caribe N°3

"The has been some progress in the islands themselves, e.g. the founding of the Comissão Nacional para a Língua Cabo-Verdiana and the Forum de Alfabetização Bilingue in 1989 and of the Comissão Nacional para a Padronização do Alfabeto in 1993. The ALUPEC or Alfabeto Unificado para a Escrita do Crioulo, a compromise between Veiga's original phonematic orthography and more conservative writing systems, is still awaiting ratification by the Cape Verdean Parliament while it is already being used in bilingual education programs in Massachusetts." (Bartens, 1999)

Language policy / Politique de langue

ICT policy / Politique de TIC

Localisation policy / Politique de localisation

______, "Communications in Cape Verde," http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communications_in_Cape_Verde

UNESCO (1985) reported the following periodicals (name, frequency of publication, circulation, language). Updated information is needed:

• GSM companies & coverage : http://www.gsmworld.com/roaming/gsminfo/cou_cv.shtml

• ISPs / FSI : 1 (2002) (Wikipedia)

• Project telecentres / Télécentres de projets:

U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), "The World Factbook: Cape Verde," https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/cv.html

Internet World Stats: Africa. 2006. http://internetworldstats.com/africa.htm

• Internet hosts
  • According to CIA, 234 (2006)
  • According to ISC, 4 (on .cv domain) (2007)

Cape Verde National Information and Communications Infrastructure (NICI) plan (2001): "Plan National de Développement d’Infrastructure des Technologies d’Information et Communication" http://www.uneca.org/aisi/nici/Documents/PNTICS-fr_version_final.pdf

More information on Cape Verde's NICI policy is available at:

• NICI country page http://www.uneca.org/aisi/nici/Cape_Verde/cape.htm
• NICI policy http://www.uneca.org/aisi/nici/country_profiles/Cape%20Verde/capol.htm
• NICI country profile/background (not recently updated; has links to other NICI pages) http://www.uneca.org/aisi/nici/country_profiles/Cape%20Verde/capab.htm

Internet Systems Consortium (ISC), "Distribution of Top-Level Domain Names by Host Country, Jan 2007" http://www.isc.org/index.pl?/ops/ds/

UNDP (2006) gives a literacy figure (without reference to which language[s]) of: 76%

• Fixed lines:
  • Telephone mainlines: 143 per 1000 people (APC)
  • Telephones - main lines in use: 71,400 (2005) (CIA)
• Mobile subscriptions:
  • 53,000 (12.1 per 100 people) (ITU 2004 cited in Vodafone 2005)
  • Telephones - mobile cellular: 81,700 (2005) (CIA)

Radio broadcast stations: AM 0, FM 22 (plus 12 repeaters), shortwave 0 (2002) (CIA)

• International internet bandwidth / Bande passante internationale d'internet :
• ISPs / FSI :
  • According to CIA, "internet hosts" number 234 (2006)
• Geographic coverage / Couverture géographique :

The APC page, "ICT Policy in Cape-Verde" has some information and links:

• In English: http://rights.apc.org/africa/index.shtml?apc=s21823e_1
• En français: http://afrique.droits.apc.org/index.shtml?apc=s21823e_1

WikiEducator has a table on enabling and constraining factors for ICTs in education http://www.wikieducator.org/ICT4Africa/Country_Report_Cape_Verde

Resources / Ressources

Projects & organisations / Projets et organisations

Localisation policy / Politique de localisation

APC, "ICT Policy in Cape-Verde," Africa ICT Policy Monitor, http://rights.apc.org/africa/index.shtml?apc=s21823e_1 ("Politiques de TIC en/au Cap Vert," Observatoire des politiques des TIC en Afrique, http://afrique.droits.apc.org/index.shtml?apc=s21823e_1

U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), "The World Factbook: Cape Verde," https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/cv.html

WikiEducator, "ICT4Africa/Country Report Cape Verde," http://www.wikieducator.org/ICT4Africa/Country_Report_Cape_Verde

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Cape Verde - Cap-Vert - Cabo Verde (CV) http://www.PanAfriL10n.org/wikidoc/flags/CAPE.GIF

Verde. For the CV-L10n wikigroup, click on the flag.--]

This is the localisation, language & ICT profile for Cape
Verde. For the CVZ-L10n wikigroup, click on the flag.

Cape Verde - Cap-Vert - Cabo Verde (CV) http://www.PanAfriL10n.org/wikidoc/flags/CAPE.GIF

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Language information / Données sur les langues

Languages spoken / Langues parlées :

a) Official / Officielle(s) :

b) National, indigenous / Nationale(s), indigène(s) :

c) Relevant pages in the Major Languages section of this report / Pages appropriées dans la section de ce rapport sur les Langues principales :

Policy / Politique

a) Laws/legislation / Lois/législation :

b) Agencies / Agences :

c) Languages in education/literacy / Langues dans l'éducation/l'alphabétisation :

UNDP (2006) gives a literacy figure (without reference to which language[s]) of: 76%

Writing in national/indigenous languages / Ecriture en langues nationales/indigènes

a) Orthographies / Orthographes :

b) Print publications / Editions imprimées :

Other comments / Autre commentaire

ICT situation / Situation des TIC

Infrastructure / Infrastructure

a) Telephones / Téléphones :

• Fixed lines: Telephone mainlines: 143 per 1000 people (APC)
• Mobile subscriptions: 53,000 (12.1 per 100 people) (ITU 2004 cited in Vodafone 2005)

b) Radio stations / Stations de radio :

c) Connectivity / Connectivité :

Computer & internet access / Accès aux ordinateurs et à l'internet

a) Computers & points of access / Ordinateurs et lieux d'accès :

• Number of computers / Nombre d'ordinateurs: 68.8 per 1000 people (APC)
• Cybercafés / Cybercafés:
• Project telecentres / Télécentres de projets:

b) Internet / Internet :

c) Other / Autre :

• Digital Opportunity Index (DOI): 0.33 (ITU 2006)

Policy / Politique

The APC page, "ICT Policy in Cape-Verde" has some information and links: http://rights.apc.org/africa/index.shtml?apc=s21823e_1

ICT4D/E & ICT training / TIC pour le développement/éducation, et formation en TIC

Localisation situation / Situation de localisation

Country web content / Contenu web du pays

Web content in indigenous languages / Contenu web en langues indigènes

Software localisation / Localisation de logiciel

References / Références

APC, "ICT Policy in Cape-Verde," Africa ICT Policy Monitor, http://rights.apc.org/africa/index.shtml?apc=s21823e_1

International Telecommunications Union (ITU). 2006. World Information Society Report 2006. Geneva: ITU. http://www.itu.int/osg/spu/publications/worldinformationsociety/2006/wisr-web.pdf

______. 2004. African Telecommunication Indicators 2004. Geneva: ITU.

UNDP. 2006. ''Beyond scarcity: Power, poverty and the global water crisis. Human Development Report 2006.'' New York: United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). [Human development index Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) (HDI) http://hdr.undp.org/hdr2006/statistics/indicators/3.html ]

Vodafone. 2005. "Africa: The Impact of Mobile Phones." The Vodafone Policy Paper Series, Number 3, March 2005. http://www.vodafone.com/assets/files/en/GPP%20SIM%20paper.pdf

Wikipedia, "Cabo Verde," http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabo_Verde

______, "Cape Verde," http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_Verde

Cape Verde - Cap-Vert - Cabo Verde

(Source: UNESCO, 1985)

1.c.1. Orthographies / Orthographes :

1.c.2. Print publications / Editions imprimées :

Ministère de l'Education et de la Culture
Cidade de Praia
REPUBLICA DE CABO VERDE
(Source: UNESCO, 1985 [NB- This was listed in French])

UNESCO (1985) reported the following periodicals (name, frequency of publication, circulation, language). Updated information is needed:

• Voz Di Povo, weekly, 4,000, Portuguese/Cap-verdien
• Raizes, quarterly, 1,500, Portuguese/Cap-verdien
• Terra Nova, monthly, 2,100, Portuguese/Cap-verdien

UNESCO Regional Office for Education in Africa. 1985. African Community Languages and Their Use in Literacy and Education: A Regional Survey. Dakar: UNESCO.

• Internet users / Utilisateurs de l'internet : 25,000 Internet users as of Sept/05, 5.2% of the population, per ITU (Internet World Stats)

Internet World Stats: Africa. 2006. http://internetworldstats.com/africa.htm

Portuguese (de jure) with Cape Verde Creole (Kabuverdianu) also mentioned in the constiturion. (Aménagement linguistique)

Ethnologue has a list at http://www.ethnologue.com/show_country.asp?name=CV

• Fixed lines:
• Mobile subscriptions:

• International internet bandwidth:
• ISPs:
• Geographic coverage:

• Dial-up subscribers / Abonnés par ligne téléphonique :
• Internet users / Utilisateurs de l'internet :

3.a. Country web content / Contenu web du pays

3.b. Web content in indigenous languages / Contenu web en langues indigènes

3.c. Software localisation / Localisation de logiciel

• International internet bandwidth: 8 Mbps (2003) (Balancing Act)

1. Language information / Données sur les langues

1.a. Languages spoken / Langues parlées :

1.a.1. Official / Officielle(s) :

1.a.2. National, indigenous / Nationale(s), indigène(s) :

1.a.3. Relevant pages in the Major Languages section of this report / Pages appropriées dans la section de ce rapport sur les Langues principales :

1.b. Policy / Politique :

1.b.1. Laws/legislation / Lois/législation :

1.b.2. Agencies / Agences :

1.b.3. Languages in education/literacy / Langues dans l'éducation/l'alphabétisation :

1.c. Writing in national/indigenous languages / Ecriture en langues nationales/indigènes :

1.c.1. Orthographies / Orthographes :

1.c.2. Print publications / Editions imprimées :

1.d. Other comments / Autre commentaire :

2. ICT situation / Situation des TIC

2.a. Infrastructure / Infrastructure

2.a.1. Telephones / Téléphones :

• Fixed lines: 70,200 (2003) (Balancing Act)
• Mobile subscriptions: 42,949 (2002) (Balancing Act)

2.a.2. Radio stations / Stations de radio :

2.a.3. Connectivity / Connectivité :

• International internet bandwidth: 8 Mbps (2003)
• ISPs: 1 (Balancing Act)
• Geographic coverage: POPs in Praia and Mindelo (Balancing Act)

2.b Computer & internet access / Accès aux ordinateurs et à l'internet

2.b.1. Internet / Internet :

• Dial-up subscribers / Abonnés par ligne téléphonique : 5,000 (2003) (Balancing Act)
• Internet users / Utilisateurs de l'internet : 16,000 (2002) (Balancing Act)

2.b.2. Cybercentres / Cybercentres :

2.b.3. Project telecentres / Télécentres des projets :

2.c. Policy / Politique

2.d. ICT4D & ICT training / TIC pour le développement et formation en TIC

3. Localisation situation / Situation de localisation

4. References / Références

Balancing Act Africa. 2004. African Internet Country Profiles, Part 1, West Africa. London: Balancing Act.

According to Ethnologue, Portuguese is the language of formal education.

Portuguese (de jure) with Cape Verde Creole (Kabuverdianu) also mentioned in the constiturion.

ii. National, indigenous / Nationale(s), indigène(s) :

Almost all the population speaks Cape Verde Creole (Kabuverdianu) as their mother tongue.

iii. Relevant pages in the Major Languages section of this report / Pages appropriées dans la section de ce rapport sur les Langues principales :

None. (Should Kabuverdianu be added?)

(Will draw information from survey publications like: Balancing Act. 2004. African Internet Country Market Profiles: Part 1 – West Africa.)

Not aware of any software localisation activities.

ii. National (indigenous, often with legislated status other than official) / Nationale(s) (indigène ; souvent avec un statut légale autre qu' "officielle") :

1. Language information / Données sur les langues

a. Languages spoken / Langues parlées :

i. Official / Officielle(s) :

ii. National (indigenous, often with legislated status other than official) / Nationale(s) (indigène ; souvent avec un statut légale autre qu' "officielle") :

iv. Relevant pages in the Major Languages section of this report / Pages appropriées dans la section de ce rapport sur les Langues principales :

None. (Should Cape Verde Creole be added?)

b. Policy / Politique :

i. Laws/legislation / Lois/législation :

ii. Agencies / Agences :

iii. Languages in education/literacy / Langues dans l'éducation/l'alphabétisation :

c. Writing in national/indigenous languages / Ecriture en langues nationales/indigènes :

i. Orthographies / Orthographes :

ii. Print publications / Editions imprimées :

d. Other comments / Autre commentaire :

2. ICT situation / Situation des TIC

3. Localisation situation / Situation de localisation

4. References / Références

4. References

Leclerc, Jacques. L'aménagement linguistique dans le monde, "République du Cap-Vert," http://www.tlfq.ulaval.ca/axl/afrique/Cap-Vert.htm

SIL International, Ethnologue: Languages of the World, "Languages of Cape Verde Islands," http://www.ethnologue.com/show_country.asp?name=CV

iii. Languages in education/literacy:

c. Writing in national/indigenous languages:

i. Orthographies:

ii. Print publications:

d. Other comments:

4. References

Almost all the population speaks Cape Verde Creole as their mother tongue.

Ethnologue has a list at http://www.ethnologue.com/show_country.asp?name=CV

The site L'aménagement linguistique dans le monde has a page on Cape Verde at http://www.tlfq.ulaval.ca/axl/afrique/Cap-Vert.htm

1. Language information

a. Languages spoken:

i. Official:

Portuguese (de jure) with Cape Verde Creole also mentioned in the constiturion.

ii. National (indigenous, often with legislated status other than official):

iii. Other indigenous:

Ethnologue has a list at http://www.ethnologue.com/show_country.asp?name=*

iv. Relevant pages in the Major Languages section of this report:

b. Policy:

i. Laws/legislation:

The site L'aménagement linguistique dans le monde has a page on * at http://www.tlfq.ulaval.ca/axl/afrique/benin.htm

ii. Agencies:

c. Other comments:

2. ICT situation

3. Localisation situation

4. References: