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ISO 639-3 · idbidb
unclassified · creole or pidgin

Daman Creole Portuguese

Daman Creole Portuguese is a creole or pidgin, spoken in India. Wikidata counts about 4,180 speakers (2009). Wikidata describes it as “creole language of India, born from the contact between Portuguese and Gujarati”.

6b · Threatened4,180
At a glance
ISO 639-3
idb
Glottocode
dama1278
Family
unclassified
Wikipedia
3 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
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—levels in the tree
6bEGIDS level

Facts

NameDaman Creole Portuguese
Also calledDaman and Diu Indo-Portuguese, Daman and Diu Portuguese, Língua da Casa, Velhos, Daman Creole Portuguese
All speakers4,180 (2009)
Kindcreole or pidgin

Vitality

EGIDS 6b Threatened6b

Endangered. Children are no longer learning it everywhere, or only grandparents speak it — EGIDS 6b to 8b.

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