Kristang language

E541757

Kristang language is a critically endangered Portuguese-based creole spoken primarily by the Eurasian Kristang community in Malacca, Malaysia, with roots in 16th-century Portuguese colonial history in Southeast Asia.

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Label Occurrences
Kristang language canonical 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Malacca Portuguese Creole
Portuguese-based creole
creole language
endangered language
alternativeName Cristão
Kristang NERFINISHED
Malacca Portuguese Creole NERFINISHED
Papia Kristang
associatedEthnicity Kristang people NERFINISHED
associatedWith Roman Catholic traditions in Malacca
developedFrom 16th-century Portuguese presence in Malacca
Portuguese colonial history in Southeast Asia
developedInContextOf Portuguese colonial trade networks NERFINISHED
Portuguese-Asian intermarriage
endangermentCause language shift to English
language shift to Malay
hasCulturalCenter Portuguese Settlement, Malacca NERFINISHED
hasDomain folk songs
oral tradition
religious ceremonies
hasEndonym Papia Kristang
hasFeature influence from Malay lexicon
influence from local Chinese varieties
reduced Portuguese morphology
hasGlottocode mala1477
hasISOCode mcm
hasPhonologicalInfluenceFrom Malay language NERFINISHED
Portuguese language NERFINISHED
hasSubstrateLanguage Hokkien NERFINISHED
Malay language NERFINISHED
other local Malayic languages
languageFamily Portuguese Creole
lexifierLanguage Portuguese language NERFINISHED
primaryUse community and religious functions
home language
region Southeast Asia
revitalizationEffort community classes in Malacca
documentation by linguists
spokenBy Eurasian Kristang community
Kristang people NERFINISHED
spokenIn Malacca NERFINISHED
Malaysia NERFINISHED
Singapore NERFINISHED
status critically endangered
timeOfOrigin 16th century
typology SVO word order
UNESCOStatus severely endangered
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

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Asian Portuguese relatedTo Kristang language