Macanese people

This article is about the ethnic group. For any permanent resident of Macau, see Macau people.
Macanese people
土生葡人
Maquista[1]
Total population
c. 42,000
Regions with significant populations
 Macau 8,000[2]
 United States15,000[3]
 Canada12,000[4]
 Portugal5,000[3]
 Hong Kong1,000[5]
 Brazil300[6]
Languages
Portuguese · Cantonese · Macanese
Religion
Roman Catholicism
Related ethnic groups
Portuguese diaspora · Cantonese people · Hong Kong people · Macau people · Tanka people · Sinhalese people · Japanese people · Malay people · Indian diaspora
Macanese people
Chinese土生葡人
Literal meaningNative-born Portuguese people
Transcriptions
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanizationtóu-saāng pòuh-yàhn
Jyutpingtou2 saang1 pou4 jan4
IPA[tʰɔw˧˥ saŋ˥ pʰɔw˩ jɐn˩]
Alternative Chinese name
Chinese土生澳門人
Literal meaningNative-born Macau people
Transcriptions
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutpingtou2 saang1 ou3 mun2 jan4
IPA[tʰɔw˧˥ saŋ˥ ɔw˧ mun˧˥ jɐn˩]
Second alternative Chinese name
Chinese麥境士
Literal meaningCantonese Homophonic Translation of Macanese
Transcriptions
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutpingmak6 ging2 si6
IPA[mɐk̚˨ kɪŋ˧˥ si˨]

The Macanese people (Portuguese: Macaense, Maquista) are a multiracial East Asian ethnic group that originated in Macau in the 16th century, consisting of people of predominantly mixed Cantonese and Portuguese as well as Malay,[7] Japanese,[7] English,[7] Dutch,[8] Sinhalese,[7] and Indian[8] ancestry.[9][10]

After World War II, many Macanese migrated out of Macau and dispersed all over the globe, causing their history and culture to become at risk of being lost.[11]

  1. ^ "Famous People From Macau Famous Natives". Worldatlas.com. Archived from the original on 18 August 2018. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
  2. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2017-07-17. Retrieved 2016-10-07.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ^ a b "Encontro para não esquecer – Comunidades macaenses reunidas até domingo". Jornal O Clarim. Archived from the original on 3 September 2014. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
  4. ^ Entrevista a José Cordeiro, no programa televisivo RCP Rescaldos da Comunidade Portuguesa Canadá, 10 de Março de 2012 – na entrevista filmada, ir ao minuto 8, ondo José Cordeiro, fundador da associação macaense Amigu di Macau, fez uma estimativa da população macaense residente em Toronto.
  5. ^ "Lusitano abre as suas portas". Revista Macau. 2 December 2006. Retrieved 13 June 2017.
  6. ^ "Uma comunidade cheia de vida e tradição no Brasil". Revista Macau (in Portuguese). 16 June 2013. Retrieved 2 May 2017.
  7. ^ a b c d Minahan, James B (2014). Ethnic Groups of North, East, and Central Asia: An Encyclopedia. ABC-CLIO. p. 169. ISBN 978-1-61069-017-1.
  8. ^ a b Porter, Jonathan (1996). Macau, the imaginary city: culture and society, 1557 to the present. Avalon. p. 78. ISBN 9780813328362. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  9. ^ Teixeira, Manuel (1965),Os Macaenses, Macau: Imprensa Nacional; Amaro, Ana Maria (1988), Filhos da Terra, Macau: Instituto Cultural de Macau, pp. 4–7; and Pina-Cabral, João de and Nelson Lourenço (1993), Em Terra de Tufões: Dinâmicas da Etnicidade Macaense, Macau: Instituto Cultural de Macau, for three varying, yet converging discussions on the definition of the term Macanese. Also particularly helpful is Review of Culture No. 20 July/September (English Edition) 1994, which is devoted to the ethnography of the Macanese.
  10. ^ Marreiros, Carlos (1994), "Alliances for the Future" in Review of Culture, No. 20 July/September (English Edition), pp. 162–172.
  11. ^ "Macau". www.macaneselibrary.org. Retrieved 2024-02-13.