Fernandino
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Fernandinos are a relatively new creole ethnic group of Equatorial Guinea. They are descended from freed slaves from Sierra Leone and Liberia and maintain their own language, Fernando Po Creole English, which reflects their main location of Fernando Po, more recently known as Bioko. They exclusively concentrated around Malabo. Although they comprise a distinct ethnic group in Equatorial Guinea, their pidgin dialect is spoken in only six communities (Musola, Las Palmas, Sampaca, Basupu, Fiston & Balveri de Cristo Rey). 1998 estimates for fluent Equatoguinean speakers were 5,000; for 1,000 of which it is their only language. Up to 70,000 EquatoGuineans may use it as a trade language.
The majority of Fernandinos are Christian.
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