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Guinea-Bissau Creole (native name kriol kiriol or kriolu varying with dialects; crioulo da Guiné in Portuguese) is the lingua franca of the West African country of Guinea Bissau. It is a Portuguese-based creole language closely related to Cape Verdean creole. Kriolu is spoken as a first language by approximately 15% (190000) of Bissau-Guineans and as a second language by approximately 45% (600000) and is the de facto language of national identity.