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Macanese

A language of China

ISO 639-3mzs

Population  4,000 (Voegelin and Voegelin 1977). Ethnic population: 8,500 (1985).
Region  Macau, Hong Kong. Possibly in USA.
Alternate names   Macaense, Macao Creole Portuguese
Classification  Creole, Portuguese based
Language use  A small number of older adult women in Macau use as L1 (1996).