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.
All labels observed (1)
| 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
|
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.