Indo-Portuguese

Indo-Portuguese

The expression Indo-Portuguese may mean any of the creole languages spoken in India or Sri Lanka which had a substantial Portuguese influence in grammar or lexicon, such as

* Sri Lanka Indo-Portuguese language
* Diu Indo-Portuguese language
* Daman Indo-Portuguese language

It may also refer to the ethnic groups speaking those languages.


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