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Indo Portuguese creoles

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Native to
  
India, Sri Lanka

ISO 639-3
  
idb

Native speakers
  
5,000 (2006)

Language family
  
Portuguese Creole Indo-Portuguese Creole

Glottolog
  
indo1327 indo1318  (bookkeeping code with extensive bibliography)

The Indo-Portuguese creoles are the several creole languages of India and Sri Lanka which had a substantial Portuguese influence in grammar or lexicon, such as

  • Sri Lankan Portuguese creole
  • Diu Portuguese creole
  • Daman Portuguese creole
  • Kristi language
  • Cochin Portuguese creole
  • Cannanore Portuguese creole
  • Bengali Portuguese creole

    • The expression Indo-Portuguese may refer not only to the creoles but also to the ethnic groups speaking those languages.

    References

    Indo-Portuguese creoles Wikipedia
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