Portuguese language in Asia
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The Lusophone immigrants, notably the Brazilians in Japan or by some Afro-Asians and Luso-Asians. In Larantuka, Indonesia and Daman and Diu, India, Portuguese has a religious connotation, according to Damanese Portuguese-Indian Association, there are 10 – 12,000 Portuguese speakers in the territory.[1]
Geographic distribution
Oizumi, Japan. Return immigration of Japanese Brazilians has led to a large Portuguese-speaking community in the town.[2]
- Jogos da Lusofoniain 2006 and 2014.
- Indo-Portuguese Creoles. It is estimated that there are 3% – 5% of fluent speakers of Portuguese in Goa, Daman and Diu. The language is still spoken by about 10,000 people, in 2014, an estimated 1,500 students were learning Portuguese in Goa.[4]
- Papia Kristang, a Portuguese-lexified Creole. The Portuguese settlement at Malaccais a source of tourism for the state and the Lusophone heritage is visible in cuisine, architecture and folklore of the Kristang people. Pending approval from the Malaysian Government, Malacca may join the CPLP as an associate observer.
- Macanese Language is by now critically endangered with less than a hundred speakers, the number of speakers of Portuguese has also decreased since the handover in 1999. But enrollments for private Portuguese classes have tripled, to 1,000, since 2002; that prompted public schools here to offer Portuguese, drawing more than 5,000 students.[5] It is now estimated that about 3% of the population speak Portuguese as their first language, while 7% professes fluency.[6]
- Tetumhas a large number of loanwords derived from Portuguese making the latter relatively easy to learn for speakers of the former.
- Japan: As of 2023, there were approximately 210,563 (in June, 2023)[8] Brazilians living in Japan.
CPLP
Various regions in
CPLP). The Malaysian state of Malacca, Macau, and the Indian state of Goa have all applied for observer or associate member status and are awaiting the permission of the Malaysian, Chinese, and Indian governments, respectively. East Timor joined the CPLP shortly after its independence at the turn of the 21st century. Indonesia, South Korea and Taiwan
has also expressed interest in joining the CPLP.
Instituto Camões
The Instituto Camões maintains language centres in Macau, Goa, Busan Tokyo and Dili.
Local norms and phonology
In Asia, Standard European Portuguese (português-padrão) forms the basis for the written and spoken norm, exclusively to East Timor and Macau.[9][10][11]
See also
- East Timorese Portuguese
- Goan Portuguese
- Macau Portuguese
References
- ^ "About the Archdiocese – Goa DCSCM".
- ISBN 978-1-135-78765-3.
- ^ "CPLP: Galiza com estatuto de observador associado só com "sim" de Madrid – Notícias Lusa – Sapo Notícias". Noticias.sapo.pt. Archived from the original on February 21, 2009. Retrieved 2010-07-29.
- ^ "1.500 pessoas estudam português em Goa". Revistamacau.com. 2 June 2014. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
- New York Times, October 21, 2004
- ^ Leach, Michael (2007), "talking Portuguese; China and East Timor", Arena Magazine, retrieved 2011-05-18
- New York Times, July 31, 2007
- ^ 令和５年６月末現在における在留外国人数について
- ^ "The Portuguese in Southeast Asia". 25 January 2012.
- ^ "Promising future for Portuguese language in China | Macao Magazine". Archived from the original on 2019-07-02. Retrieved 2019-07-02.
- ^ In Macau, the official spelling of the Portuguese language is fixed by Decree-Law No. 103/99/M
External links
- Issues of Asian Portuguese-Speaking Spaces and Lusotopias
- Is There One Goan Identity,Several or None?
- Papia, Relijang e Tradisang The Portuguese Eurasians in Malaysia : Bumiquest, A Search for Self Identity
- The Portuguese Cultural Imprint on Sri Lanka
- China’s Portuguese Connection
- Talking Portuguese: China and East Timor
- As Maravilhas de Portugal no Mundo – Fortaleza de Damão, Índia
- As Maravilhas de Portugal no Mundo – Basílica do Bom Jesus de Goa