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, the creoles 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 †

Indo-Portuguese creoles

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.

Indo-Portuguese creoles

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Portuguese-based pidgins and creoles

Languages of India

Portuguese diaspora in Asia

Portuguese language in Asia

Indo-Portuguese creoles