The following is the entry for this language as it appeared in the 14th edition (2000).
It was superseded by the corresponding entry in the 15th edition (2005). See also the corresponding entry in the current edition of Ethnologue.
SIL code: VKP
ISO 639-2: cpp
| Population | 750 (1998 J.C. Clements). |
| Region | Maharashtra, Korlai, 200 km. south of Bombay, west coast. |
| Classification | Creole, Portuguese based. |
| Comments | Recently discovered. Originated around 1520. Originally cut off from Hindu and Muslim neighbors by social and religious barriers, lost virtually all Portugese contact as well after 1740. Situation now rapidly changing, with intense cultural pressure from the surrounding Marathi-speaking population. |
