Indo-Portuguese Creoles

The expression Indo-Portuguese Creoles may mean any of the creole languages spoken in India or Sri Lanka which had a substantial Portuguese influence in grammar or lexicon, such as

• Sri Lanka Indo-Portuguese language
• Diu Indo-Portuguese language
• Daman Indo-Portuguese language
• Kristi language
• Cochin Indo-Portuguese Creole, formed due to the contact between Portuguese and Malayalam languages but currently has no surviving speakers ^[1].
• Cannanore Indo-Portuguese Creole, estimated to have only five speakers currently ^[1].

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

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Hugo Cardoso, The Death of an Indian-born Language, Open Magazine, October 30 2010.