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A ___MASK29___ ( from Greek  , " scattering , dispersion ") is a scattered population whose origin lies within a smaller geographic locale . ___MASK29___ can also refer to the movement of the population from its original homeland . ___MASK29___ has come to refer particularly to historical ___MASK76___ dispersions of an involuntary nature , such as the expulsion of Jews from Judea , the fleeing of Greeks after the fall of Constantinople , the African Trans - Atlantic slave trade , the southern Chinese or Hindus of South Asia during the coolie trade , the Irish during and after the Irish Famine , the displacement of Palestinians in the 20th century , the exile and deportation of Circassians , and the emigration of Anglo - Saxon warriors and their families after the Norman Conquest of England , many of whom found employment in Constantinople and bolstered the elite bodyguard of the ___MASK22___ , the Varangian Guard . The Cabo Verdean ___MASK29___ refers to both historical and present emigration from ___MASK95___ Verde . Today , more Cabo Verdeans live abroad than in ___MASK95___ Verde itself . The country with the largest ___MASK9___ of ___MASK95___ Verdeans living abroad is the United States . An ___MASK31___ , sometimes called an ___MASK17___ or island ___MASK14___ , is a ___MASK14___ , ___MASK94___ or collection of islands . The word " ___MASK31___ " is derived from the Greek "  -  arkhi -" (" chief ") and "   pélagos " (" ___MASK16___ ") through the Italian " arcipelago ". In Italian , possibly following a tradition of antiquity , the Archipelago ( from medieval Greek "*  " and Latin " archipelagus ") was the proper name for the Aegean ___MASK16___ and , later , usage shifted to refer to the Aegean Islands ( since the ___MASK16___ is remarkable for its large number of islands ). It is now used to refer to any ___MASK17___ or , sometimes , to a ___MASK16___ containing a small number of scattered islands . ___MASK95___ Verde or Cabo Verde ,, officially the ___MASK78___ of Cabo Verde , is an island country spanning an archipelago of 10 volcanic islands in the central Atlantic ___MASK21___ . Located off the coast of West Africa , the islands cover a combined area of slightly over . The Atlantic ___MASK21___ is the second largest of the world ' s oceans with a total area of about . It covers approximately 20 percent of the Earth ' s surface and about 29 percent of its water surface area . It separates the " Old World " from the " New World ". An ___MASK3___ country is a country whose primary ___MASK81___ consists of one or more islands or parts of islands . As of 2011 , 46 ( approximately 24 %) of the 193 UN member states are ___MASK3___ countries . Santiago Creole is the ___MASK100___ given to the ___MASK95___ Verdean Creole spoken mainly on Santiago Island of ___MASK95___ Verde . It belongs to the Sotavento Creoles branch of Creole . Santiago Creole is the linguistic entity of the most important island of ___MASK95___ Verde , and the linguistic entity of the capital of the country , Praia , situated in the same island . A ___MASK2___ is a ___MASK52___ ___MASK15___ developed from a mixture of different languages . While the concept is similar to that of a mixed or ___MASK19___ language , in the strict sense of the term , a mixed / ___MASK19___ language has derived from two or more languages , to such an extent that it is no longer closely related to the source languages . Whereas a creole is more likely to be regarded as a ___MASK64___ of one language in particular . It differs also from a pidgin in that the latter is a highly simplified linguistic structure that develops as a means of communication between two or more disparate language groups , whereas a creole is a more complex language , used for day to day purposes in a community and acquired by children as a native language . Creole languages therefore have a fully developed vocabulary and system of grammar . West Africa , also called Western Africa and the West of Africa , is the westernmost ___MASK51___ of Africa . West Africa has been defined as including 18 countries : Benin , Burkina Faso , the island nation of Cape Verde , Gambia , Ghana , Guinea , Guinea - Bissau , Ivory Coast , Liberia , Mali , Mauritania , Niger , Nigeria , the island of Saint Helena , Senegal , Sierra Leone , São Tomé and Príncipe and Togo . ___MASK95___ Verdean Creole is a creole language of Portuguese basis , spoken on the islands of ___MASK95___ Verde . It is the native language of virtually all ___MASK95___ Verdeans , and it is used as a second language by the ___MASK95___ Verdean diaspora .