2008/6/14 Frederick [FN] Noronha * फ्रेडरिक नोरोन्या <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Has anyone heard of this? > > >From OUTLOOK Traveller Getaways: Beach Holidays in India > > Page 415 > > Mind your language: Korlai's tradition > > The few people who visit Korlai [in Maharashtra] usually go there to > see the impressively located fort and the amazing views it offers. > However, the Korlai village below the fort has another bit of history > hidden among its people. > > The less than thousand people who inhabit Korlai speak a language this > is unique to them, a Portuguese Creole called Kristi that is spoken > nowhere else. They call it No Ling, that is, Our Language. > > The Portuguese left Korlai in 1740 after having been there for more > than two centuries. Kristi developed during the interaction between > the Portuguese and the local population. > > Till the 1980s, when the Revdanda creek was bridged by a road, the > small peninsula of Korlai was relatively isolated from the surrounding > communities, and thus the language survived the last few centuries. > > Now the tongue is fast disappearing under the influence of Marathi and > Hindi. But if you roam around the concrete streets of Korlai and visit > its small church you can still hear snatches of Kristi.
RESPONSE: Have heard of this one:- Excerpt The Kristang language originated after the conquest of Malacca (Malaysia) in 1511 by the Portuguese. The community of speakers descends mainly from marriages between Portuguese settlers and local Malay women, as well as a certain number of migrants from Goa, themselves of mixed Indian and Portuguese ancestry. Kristang had a substantial influence on Macanese, the creole language spoken in Macau, due to substantial migration from Malacca after its takeover by the Dutch. Even after Portugal lost Malacca and almost all contact in 1641, the Kristang community largely preserved its language. The language is not taught at school, although there are still some Church services in Portuguese. Ends http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kristang_language -- DEV BOREM KORUM. Gabe Menezes. London, England
