Writing System
Since Kristang was never taught officially in schools, it was largely an oral language. The first proposal for a standard orthography was made in the late 1980s, with the publication of a thesis, “A Grammar of Kristang”, by Alan B. Baxter, in which he emphasizes the use of the Bahasa Malaysia orthography.
The vowel e is usually pronounced when followed by a syllable with /i/; so, for example, penitensia ("penitence") is pronounced .
In the 1990s, Joan Marbeck's book "Ungua Andanza" was published, with the orthography written in a Luso-Malay context.
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