The genesis of a language : the formation and development of Korlai Portuguese /
Korlai Portuguese (KP), a Portuguese-based creole only recently discovered by linguists, originated around 1520 on the west coast of India. Initially isolated from its Hindu and Muslim neighbors by social and religious barriers, the small Korlai community lost virtually all Portuguese contact as wel...
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Format: | Electronic eBook |
Language: | English Creole |
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Amsterdam ; Philadelphia :
J. Benjamins Pub. Co.,
1996
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Series: | Creole language library ;
v. 16. |
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Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |