Korlai Creole Portuguese

VKP

vigorous

Alternate Names: Creole Portuguese

Dialects: None known. A blend of Portuguese , and Marathi ,.

Genealogy:

Creole
Portuguese based

Demographics: 750 (1998 J. Clements). 250 families (2002).

Language Use: L1 of Christian farming community in upper Korlai. Intense cultural pressure from surrounding Marathi-speaking [mar] population. Home. Fluent Marathi [mar] used with outsiders.

Writing System: Devanagari, Latin

Nation of Origin: India

Other Comments: Christian.