Cochin Portuguese Creole

Cochin Indo-Portuguese, also known as Vypin Indo-Portuguese from its geographic centre, is an Indo-Portuguese creole spoken on the Malabar coast of India, particularly in Fort Cochin, in the state of Kerala. The last person who spoke it as a first language, William Rozario, died in 2010. It is now spoken by Christian families in an around Vypeen Island (Vypin Island) and other areas of the Kochi metropolitan area.

Main article: Indo-Portuguese creole
"Malabar Indo-Portuguese Creole" redirects here. For another Portuguese creole of Malabar, see Cannanore Portuguese Creole.

Cochin Indo-Portuguese
Vypin Indo-Portuguese
Native toIndia
RegionKochi
Extinct20 August 2010, with the death of William Rozario
Portuguese Creole
Language codes
ISO 639-3–
Glottologmala1544  Malabar–Sri Lanka Portuguese
ELPMalabar Indo-Portuguese Creole
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