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ISO 639-3 · mcmmcm
unclassified · creole or pidgin
Kristang
Kristang is a creole or pidgin, spoken in Malaysia and Singapore. Wikidata counts 800 first-language speakers (2010). Wikidata describes it as “creole language spoken by the Kristang people”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
mcm- Family
- unclassified
- EGIDS
- 6b Threatened
- UNESCO
- Severely endangered
- Wikipedia
- 17 language editions
800first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
2countries
1scripts
—levels in the tree
6bEGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Kristang |
|---|---|
| Also called | Malaccan Creole Portuguese, Papia Kristang, Kristang language, Cristão, Cristan |
| L1 speakers | 800 (2010) |
| Written in | Latin script |
| Kind | creole or pidgin |
Vitality
EGIDS 6b Threatened6b
Endangered. Children are no longer learning it everywhere, or only grandparents speak it — EGIDS 6b to 8b.
Other languages at this levelUNESCO: Severely endangered
Languages at this levelwhere it is spoken
Countries
Also spoken in Malaysia
engEnglishIndo-European · 1.13 bn0 · InternationalcmnMandarin ChineseSino-Tibetan · 1.07 bn1 · NationalcmnStandard ChineseSino-Tibetan · 897.1 maraArabicAfroasiatic · 315.4 mSafepanPunjabiunclassified · 125 mSafejavJavaneseAustronesian · 84.3 m4 · EducationaltamTamilDravidian · 83 m2 · ProvincialmsaMalayAustronesian · 77 mkorKoreanKoreanic · 73.2 m1 · NationalyueYue ChineseSino-Tibetan · 62.2 m2 · Provincial