Indo-Portuguese creoles
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Indo-Portuguese Creole | |
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Native to | India, Sri Lanka |
Native speakers | 5,000 (2006)[1] |
Portuguese Creole
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | idb |
Glottolog | indo1327 indo1318 bookkeeping code with extensive bibliography |
Indo-Portuguese creoles are the several creole languages that formed in the erstwhile Portuguese Indian settlements, Fort Bassein, Goa and Damaon& Portuguese Ceylon etc, in present-day India and Sri Lanka. These creoles are now mostly extinct or endangered, the creoles have substantial Portuguese influence in their grammars or lexicons:
- Ceylon Portuguese creole (Sri Lanka)
- Damaon and Dio Portuguese creole
- Kristi language (Chaul Portuguese creole)
- Bombay Portuguese creole
- Goa Portuguese creole
- Cochin Portuguese creole
- Cannanore Portuguese creole
- Bengali Portuguese creole
The expression Indo-Portuguese may refer not only to the creoles but also to the creole people groups of Luso-Indians and Portuguese Burghers, who spoke them on the Indian subcontinent.
References[edit]
- ↑ Indo-Portuguese Creole at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)