Publication date: 2009
Number of pages: 717
Pichinglis, commonly referred to by its speakers as Pichi and Fernando Poo Creole, is an Atlantic English-lexicon Creole language spoken on the island of Bioko, Equatorial Guinea (Ethnologue code ‘fpe’, latitude 3.7382, longitude 8.7759, cf. Map 2).
Pichi is the most widely spoken language of the capital Malabo, next to Spanish, and it serves as a primary language to probably the majority of the capital’s inhabitants. Pichi is also used as a primary language in a number of villages and towns along the Coast of Bioko - amongst them Sampaca, Fiston, Basupú, Barrio las Palmas and Luba (Morgades 2004), and is spoken as a lingua franca throughout Bioko.
The language is also spoken by a sizable community of people originating from Bioko in Bata, the largest town on the continental part of the country.