Concise List
Language | Alternate names | Location | Notes |
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Angolar | São Tomé Island, São Tomé and Príncipe | ||
Annobonese | Fá d'Ambô | Annobón island, Equatorial Guinea | |
Cupópia | Brazil | Not a Creole, but rather Portuguese language with Bantu words |
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Cape Verdean Creole | Kriolu, Kriol | Cape Verde | National language. A degree of Decreolization occurred. |
Vaipim Indo-Portuguese | India | ||
Daman Indo-Portuguese | Língua da Casa | Daman, India | Decreolization process occurred. |
Diu Indo-Portuguese | Língua dos velhos | Diu, India | |
Forro | São Tomé Island, São Tomé and Príncipe | ||
Guinea-Bissau Creole | Kriol | Guinea-Bissau | Lingua franca and regional language of Guinea-Bissau; also spoken in Casamance, Senegal |
Kristang | Malaysia Singapore Perth | ||
Kristi | Korlai, India | ||
Macanese | Patuá | Macau and Hong Kong | Decreolization process occurred. |
Papiamento | Netherlands Antilles and Aruba | Spanish influenced. | |
Pequeno Português | Angola | Not a Creole, but rather a Pidgin | |
Principense | Lunguyê | Príncipe Island, São Tomé and Príncipe | Almost extinct. Most of the population now speak (standard) Portuguese. |
Saramaccan | Surinam | English Creole with strong influences of Portuguese lexicon. | |
Sri Lanka Indo-Portuguese | Sri Lankan Creole Portuguese, Battilocan Portuguese | Coastal cities of Sri Lanka | Portuguese based creole with influences from Spanish, English, Dutch, Tamil and Sinhalese. |
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