IDB ISO 639-3
Indo-Portuguese
A language of India
- ISO 639
- idb
- Alternate Names
- Daman-Diu Portuguese
- 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.
- 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.
Also Spoken in
- Location
- Batticaloa, Colombo, Galle, Kandy, and Trincomalee districts.
- Language Status
- 6b (Threatened)
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of Sri Lanka
Language Name
Indo-Portuguese
User Population
2,220 in Sri Lanka (2011 J. Leclerc). No monolinguals. Ethnic population: 3,410.
Map
Location: Kerala state: Kannur; Maharashtra state: Korlai near Mumbai; Daman and Diu Union Territory.
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