Indo-Portuguese creoles
| Indo-Portuguese Creole | |
|---|---|
| Native to | India, Sri Lanka |
Native speakers | 5,000 (2006)[1] |
Portuguese Creole
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | idb |
| Glottolog | indo1327indo1318 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
- Bombay Portuguese creole
- 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 Creole at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)