Kristang

Summary

Kristang is a language^[1]. Kristang ranks in the top 3% of language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (117 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Kristang is in the country of Malaysia^[3].
• Kristang is in the country of Singapore^[4].
• Kristang's instance of is recorded as language^[5].
• Kristang's instance of is recorded as creole^[6].
• Kristang's instance of is recorded as natural language^[7].
• Kristang's instance of is recorded as modern language^[8].
• Kristang's ISO 639-3 code is recorded as mcm^[9].
• Kristang's locator map image is recorded as Strait of Malacca highlighted.png^[10].
• Kristang's subclass of is recorded as Malacca–Batavia Portuguese Creole^[11].
• Kristang's subclass of is recorded as Portuguese-based creole languages^[12].
• Kristang's subclass of is recorded as creole^[13].
• Kristang's writing system is recorded as Latin script^[14].
• Kristang's IETF language tag is recorded as mcm^[15].
• Kristang's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02r31g^[16].
• Kristang's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Kristang language^[17].
• Kristang's number of speakers, writers, or signers is recorded as {'amount': '+2200'}^[18].
• Kristang's number of speakers, writers, or signers is recorded as {'amount': '+800'}^[19].
• Kristang's described by source is recorded as A grammar of Kristang (Malacca Creole Portuguese)^[20].
• Kristang's described by source is recorded as A dictionary of Kristang (Malacca Creole Portuguese) with an English-Kristang finderlist^[21].
• Kristang's described by source is recorded as Malacca Creole Portuguese in the 19th century^[22].
• Kristang's described by source is recorded as Family language policy and heritage language maintenance of Malacca Portuguese Creole^[23].
• Kristang's described by source is recorded as Illustrations of the IPA: Malacca Portuguese Creole^[24].
• Kristang's Linguasphere code is recorded as 51-AAC-aha^[25].
• Kristang's WALS lect code is recorded as mlc^[26].
• Kristang's Ethnologue.com language code is recorded as mcm^[27].

Why It Matters

Kristang ranks in the top 3% of language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (117 views/month).^[2] Kristang has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] Kristang is known by 25 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]