Cannanore Indo-Portuguese | |
States: | India |
Region: | Kannur |
Speakers: | 20 or more dispersed around India and the world) |
Date: | 2010 |
Familycolor: | Creole |
Fam1: | Portuguese Creole |
Fam2: | Indo-Portuguese Creoles |
Isoexception: | dialect |
Glotto: | none |
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.