Guinea-Bissau is a former colony of which country, represented in its official language?
Guinea-Bissau Creole or Casamance Creole. Creole is the majority language of the inhabitants of the Casamance region and is used as a creole language of commerce. Guinea-Bissau Creole is still expanding but with growing interference from Portuguese (decreolization): due to television, literacy, prestige and emigration to Portugal, and the African languages: through migration of speakers of native African languages to the main urban centres where the creole is prevalent. Standard Portuguese is the official language of Guinea-Bissau, but Guinea-Bissau Creole is the creole language of trade, informal literature and entertainment. It is not used in news media, parliament, public services and educational
Football in Guinea-Bissau Football in Guinea-Bissau The sport of football in the country of Guinea-Bissau is run by the Federação de Futebol da Guiné-Bissau. The association administers the national football team, as well as the national league. Association football (soccer) is the most popular sport in the country. Since the Portuguese navigator Nuno Tristão reached the local coast in 1446, but at the latest since the official foundation of the colony Bissau in 1753, the country was a Portuguese colony, and became officially independent only in 1975. To this day, football in Guinea-Bissau is therefore characterized by its Portuguese origins and relationships, for