The Current State of Sri Lanka Portuguese | Sebastian Nordhoff … Photo source ( https://www.elanka.com.au/portuguese-sri-lankan-surnames-and-their-meanings/ ) Sebastian Nordhoff is from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. I met Sebastian in Batticaloa during his research of this subject. He joined us on a visit to the Burgher community in Panichiadya (Dutch Bar community relocation after tsunami). A few of the Burgher people present at the meeting spoke the Portuguese dialect fluently. A few lively songs were also sung in the language. It was a very enjoyable visit. I note that there are some interesting observations in Sebastian’s article [below] regarding the Portuguese and Dutch era’s. Mignon The Current State of Sri Lanka Portuguese | Sebastian Nordhoff … The current state of Sri Lanka Portuguese Introduction 1 This paper gives an overview of the state of Sri Lanka Portuguese after the Sri Lankan Civil War (1983-2009). Sri Lanka Portuguese is a Portuguese-based Creole spoken by the Portuguese Burgher population on the East Coast of the island, and by the Ceylon Kaffir population ...
Oct 22, 2021
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