Ternate Portuguese Creole

E615316

Ternate Portuguese Creole is a Portuguese-based creole language historically spoken on Ternate Island in Indonesia, reflecting a blend of Portuguese and local Austronesian linguistic influences.

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Ternate Portuguese Creole canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Austronesian-influenced language
Portuguese-based creole
creole language
associatedWith Portuguese presence in the Spice Islands
closelyRelatedTo other Portuguese-based creoles in Southeast Asia
country Indonesia
developedFrom contact between Portuguese and local Austronesian languages
era early modern period (origin)
hasSubstrate local Austronesian languages of North Maluku
hasSuperstrate Portuguese NERFINISHED
historicalStatus historically spoken
influencedBy Austronesian languages
Portuguese language NERFINISHED
local North Maluku languages
ISOStatus no individual ISO 639-3 code (as of 2024)
languageContactOrigin Portuguese colonial presence in the Moluccas
languageFamily Portuguese-based creole languages
lexiconSource Portuguese vocabulary
local Austronesian vocabulary
morphology analytic
primaryLexifierLanguage Portuguese NERFINISHED
region Ternate Island NERFINISHED
researchField contact linguistics
creole studies
spokenIn North Maluku NERFINISHED
status endangered
moribund
typology SVO word order
usedBy Christian communities in Ternate (historically)
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

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Portuguese Creole hasSubgroup Ternate Portuguese Creole