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Name:
Malaccan Creole Portuguese
Type:
Language
Alternate Names:
Malaysian Creole Portuguese; Malaccan; Papia Kristang; Kristang; Portuguese Patois; Serani; Bahasa Serani; Bahasa Geragau; Malaqueiro; Malaquense; Malaquês; Malaquenho; Português de Malaca; Malayo-Portuguese; Moluccas Pidgin
Spoken in:
Malaysia
Number of speakers:
1,000. Ethnic population: 12,640
(Ethnologue)
Number of speakers:
2150
(UNESCO)
Number of speakers:
5000
(World Oral Literature Project)
Code:
mcm
Code Standard:
ISO 639-3
Documentation:
SIL
Families:
Creoles and Pidgins
Parent Subgroup:
Portuguese based (opbc)
UNESCO Status: Severely endangered Ethnologue Status: Not listed Sutherland's Red List: Not listed
Endangerment Status
UNESCO Status: Severely endangered Ethnologue Status: Not listed Sutherland's Red List: Not listed
Map of Malaccan Creole Portuguese
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