Indo-Portuguese creoles

Indo-Portuguese creoles are the several Portuguese creoles spoken in the erstwhile Portuguese Indian settlements, Cochin Portuguese Creole, Fort Bassein, Goa and Damaon, Portuguese Ceylon etc; in present-day India and Sri Lanka. These creoles are now mostly extinct or endangered. They have substantial European Portuguese words in their grammars or lexicons:


 * Ceylon Portuguese creole (Sri Lanka)
 * Damaon and Dio Portuguese creole
 * Kristi language (Chaul Portuguese creole)
 * Norteiro creole (Bassein) †
 * Bombay Portuguese creole †
 * Goa Portuguese creole †
 * Korlai Portuguese
 * Cochin Portuguese creole †
 * Cannanore Portuguese creole
 * Bengali Portuguese creole †

The expression Indo-Portuguese may refer not only to the creoles but also to the creole people groups of Luso-Indians and Portuguese Burghers, who spoke them on the Indian subcontinent.