Portuguese language in Africa the various Portuguese creoles that have developed there. These creole languages co-exist with Portuguese and, in the countries where they are spoken, form a continuum with the lexifying language. In Cape Verde, refers to a variety of Cape Verdean Creole which takes on various features of Portuguese and is a result of processes of decreolization in the archipelago. In São Tome e Principe, Santomense Portuguese is a variety of Portuguese strongly influenced by Forro in syntax and vocabulary. Since the lexicons of those languages are derived from Portuguese, even creole-speakers who do not speak Portuguese have a passive knowledge of
Glossary of Japanese words of Portuguese origin the more common way to write loanwords in Japanese in modern times. "Kanji" versions of the words are "ateji", characters that are "fitted" or "applied" to the words by the Japanese, based on either the pronunciation or the meaning of the word. The † indicates the word is archaic and no longer in use. It is often suggested that the Japanese word "arigatō" derives from the Portuguese "obrigado", both of which mean "Thank you", but evidence clearly indicates a purely Japanese origin. The Japanese phrase "arigatō gozaimasu" is a polite form of "arigatō". This is a form of an adjective,