Bengali Portuguese Creole
| Bengali Portuguese creole | |
|---|---|
| Native to | India, Bangladesh |
| Extinct | Sometime in the 19th, early 20th century |
Portuguese Creole
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | None (mis) |
| Glottolog | None |
Bengali Portuguese Creole (Portuguese: Crioulo português bengali) was an Indo-Portuguese creole spoken in various cities in Bengal: Calcutta, Balasore, Pipli, Chandernagore, Chittagong, Midnapore, Hugli and Dacca. The language was formed from contact between the Portuguese and Bengali languages. It is now extinct.
In Bengal, Portuguese was spoken until 1911. A Portuguese creole was still spoken in the early 20th century. Portuguese creoles were spoken in Bengal, such as at Calcutta, Dacca, Balasore, Pipli, Chandannagar, Chittagong, Firingi Bunder, Midnapore and Hugli-Chuchura.