Indo-Portuguese

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A language of India

ISO 639-3
idb
Alternate Names
Daman-Diu Portuguese
User Population

4,940 in India (Cardoso 2006). Relatively few monolinguals, even in Korlai (Cardoso 2006). Total users in all countries: 7,160.

Location

Kerala state: Kannur; Maharashtra state: Korlai near Mumbai; Daman and Diu Union Territory.

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Language Status

6b (Threatened).

Classification
Creole, Portuguese based
Dialects

Cochin (Kochi), Diu, Cannanore.

Language Use

It is mostly, if not entirely, spoken by multilingual speakers (Cardoso 2006). Some communities in India have no remaining speakers. Few remaining speakers in Cannanore; last speaker in Cochin, Mr. William Rozario, died on Vypeen Island (2010). Some young people, all adults. Also use English [eng]. Also use Gujarati [guj]. Also use Hindi [hin]. Also use Marathi [mar]. Also use Portuguese [por], extensively (Cardoso 2006).

Language Development

Grammar. Texts. NT: 1826–1852.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Indo-Portuguese
Writing

Latin script [Latn].

Other Comments

The term Indo-Portuguese does not stand for 1 language but rather a number of Portuguese-lexified creoles scattered across South Asia (Cardoso 2006). Christian.

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