Also Known As:
Macao Creole Portuguese, Macaense, Macanese, Maquista, Makista, 澳門土生葡語
Dialects & Varieties
East and Southeast Asia
Bradley, David. 2007. "East and Southeast Asia." In Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages, edited by C. Moseley. 349-424. London & New York: Routledge.
Critically Endangered
80 percent certain, based on the evidence available
<50
Native Speakers Worldwide
Speaker Number Trends
Speaker Number Trend 5
A small percentage of the community speaks the language, and speaker numbers are decreasing very rapidly.
5
Transmission
Transmission 5
There are only a few elderly speakers.
5
Speakers
Native or fluent speakers:
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Second-language speakers and learners
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Semi-speakers or rememberers
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Children:
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Young adults
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Older adults
<50
Elders
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Ethnic or community population
>10,000
Year information was gathered
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Comments on speakers
Now the object of folkloristic interest among the remaining community; formerly also spoken by the Catholic Portuguese creole community in Hong Kong. For centuries of Portuguese rule, there was continuous decreolisation towards Portuguese. Speakers also use Cantonese Chinese, which is the source of substantial lexical material; there is also Malay and Indian lexicon reflecting the connection with Kristang and other Portuguese Creoles further west.
Location and Context
Countries
China
Location Description
Macao
Government Support
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Institutional Support
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Speakers' Attitude
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Other Languages Used By The Community
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Number of Other Language Speakers:
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Domains of Other Languages:
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Writing Systems
Standard orthography:
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Writing system:
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Other writing systems used:
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Comments on writing systems:
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Recent Resources
A Dóci Papiaçam di Macau's version of the patuá song written in patua by the late José "Adé" dos San