Cannanore Portuguese Creole

Cannanore Indo-Portuguese
Native toIndia
RegionKannur
Native speakers
20 or more dispersed around India and the world) (2010)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3
GlottologNone

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 Kannur. In 2010 it was estimated to have five native speakers remaining. [1] But there are around twenty or more who are dispersed in India and other parts of the world. It could have formed after the Cochin Indo-Portuguese.[Does this mean in time, or that it derived from Cochin IP?]

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