(documentation KorlaiCreolePortugueseLanguage EnglishLanguage "The KorlaiCreolePortugueseLanguage is a PortugueseBasedCreoleLanguage of India. SIL code: VKP. ISO 639-2: cpp. Population: 750 (1998 J.C. Clements). Region: Maharashtra, Korlai, 200 km. south of Bombay, west coast. Comments: Recently discovered. Originated around 1520. Originally cut off from Hindu and Muslim neighbors by social and religious barriers, lost virtually all Portugese contact as well after 1740. Situation now rapidly changing, with intense cultural pressure from the surrounding Marathi-speaking population.(extract from http:/ / www.ethnologue.com/ )") |
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