Indo-Portuguese
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The expression Indo-Portuguese Creoles may mean any of the creole language
s spoken in India
or Sri Lanka
which had a substantial Portuguese
influence in grammar or lexicon, such as
The expression Indo-Portuguese may refer not only to the Creoles but also to the ethnic groups speaking those languages.
Creole language
A creole language, or simply a creole, is a stable natural language developed from the mixing of parent languages; creoles differ from pidgins in that they have been nativized by children as their primary language, making them have features of natural languages that are normally missing from...
s spoken in India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
or Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is a country off the southern coast of the Indian subcontinent. Known until 1972 as Ceylon , Sri Lanka is an island surrounded by the Indian Ocean, the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait, and lies in the vicinity of India and the...
which had a substantial Portuguese
Portuguese language
Portuguese is a Romance language that arose in the medieval Kingdom of Galicia, nowadays Galicia and Northern Portugal. The southern part of the Kingdom of Galicia became independent as the County of Portugal in 1095...
influence in grammar or lexicon, such as
- Sri Lanka Indo-Portuguese languageSri Lanka Indo-Portuguese languageSri Lanka Indo-Portuguese,Ceylonese Portuguese Creole or Sri Lankan Portuguese Creole is a language spoken in Sri Lanka. While the predominant languages of the island are Sinhala and Tamil, the interaction of the Portuguese and the Sri Lankans led to the evolution of a new language, Sri Lanka...
- Diu Indo-Portuguese languageDiu Indo-Portuguese languageThe Diu Indo-Portuguese language or Diu Portuguese Creole was spoken in Diu, India. It is a creole based on Portuguese and Gujarati....
- Daman Indo-Portuguese languageDaman Indo-Portuguese languageThe Daman Indo-Portuguese language or Daman Portuguese creole, known to its speakers as Língua da Casa , is a Portuguese-based creole spoken in Daman...
- Kristi languageKristi languageKorlai Indo-Portuguese is the language of some 1,000 Christians in an isolated area around the village of Korlai in Raigad District of Maharashtra state, India...
- Cochin Indo-Portuguese Creole, formed due to the contact between PortuguesePortuguese languagePortuguese is a Romance language that arose in the medieval Kingdom of Galicia, nowadays Galicia and Northern Portugal. The southern part of the Kingdom of Galicia became independent as the County of Portugal in 1095...
and Malayalam languages but currently has no surviving speakers . - Cannanore Indo-Portuguese Creole, estimated to have only five speakers currently .
The expression Indo-Portuguese may refer not only to the Creoles but also to the ethnic groups speaking those languages.