Cannanore Portuguese creole

Cannanore Indo-Portuguese
Native to	India
Region	Cannanore (Kannur)
Native speakers	5 (2010)^[1]
Language family	Portuguese Creole Indo-Portuguese Creoles Cannanore Indo-Portuguese
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–
Glottolog	None

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.^[1] It formed after the Cochin Indo-Portuguese.

References

1 2 Hugo Cardoso, "The Death of an Indian-born Language", Open Magazine, October 30, 2010.

Portuguese-based creole languages

Upper Guinea	Cape Verdean Creole Guinea-Bissau Creole Papiamento

Lower Guinea	Angolar Annobonese Forro Principense

Indo-Portuguese	Cannanore Indo-Portuguese Cochin Indo-Portuguese (extinct) Daman and Diu Portuguese Korlai Indo-Portuguese Sri Lankan Portuguese

Southeast Asian	Mardijker or Papiá Tugu (extinct) Bidau Portuguese (extinct) Papiá Kristang Portugis (extinct)

East Asian	Macanese

Creoles with strong Portuguese lexical influence	Saramaccan

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