Kristang
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Kristang may mean:
- The Kristang peopleKristang peopleThe Kristang are a creole ethnic group of people of mixed Portuguese and Malaccan descent based in Malaysia and Singapore. People of this ethnicity have strong Dutch heritage, some British as well as Chinese and Indian heritage due to intermarriage, which was common among the Kristang...
(cristãos), an ethnic group of Eurasian ancestry in Malaysia and Singapore - The Kristang languageKristang languagePapiá Kristang , or just Kristang, is a creole language. It is spoken by the Kristang, a community of people of mixed Portuguese and Asian ancestry, chiefly in Malacca and Singapore....
(cristão, papiá kristang), the creole originally spoken by that community.