Native to India Native speakers 5 (2010) | Region Cannanore (Kannur) Glottolog None | |
Language family Portuguese Creole
Indo-Portuguese Creoles
Cannanore Indo-Portuguese | ||
Cannanore Indo-Portuguese is an Indo-Portuguese creole spoken on the Malabar coast of India. It formed from contact between the Portuguese and Malayalam languages in Indo-Portuguese households in the city of Cannanore (Kannur). In 2010 it was estimated to have five native speakers remaining. It formed after the Cochin Indo-Portuguese.
References
Cannanore Portuguese creole Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA