🇲🇾 Malaysia efforts to revive Malaccan Creole Portuguese language l Al Jazeera English

[@pedroribeiro8868]

Familia 🇵🇹❤🇲🇾

[@pdrl42]

Greetings from Brazil!

[@nikfaizal97]

May your well wishes find their way, to my countrymen who speak that language.

[@SaraFredericaSantaMaria]

Greetings from the Portugese Settlement Malacca 😘

[@relaxwhc]

Bom dia, obrigado

[@sonofpharaoh9716]

@@relaxwhc Bom je dia, good morning 😄😀

[@angelinarocchio6315]

my mothers family speaks it and still lives in Malaysia but i never learned it and I live in the United States so I'm struggling to learn it since there's so few sources on it this video was a pleasure to see

[@Popopelu]

Hello, Angelina! My name is Paula and I'm Portuguese journalism student in Lisbon. Could you perhaps tell me more about this heritage your mother's side of the family still revives? Maybe in private? you don't need to tell me personal details nor about your family, but if you could help me by recommending people in Melaka who still speaks Kristang I'd be so grateful. Thank you so much! :)

[@RenatoSantos-in2qz]

The time to learn is now. Today, with the internet you can learn any language..There are videos, films, classes, etc.. I am from Brazil and I learned english and german by myself.

[@angelinarocchio6315]

@@RenatoSantos-in2qz I am trying but unfortunately there is no online learning softwares like Duolingo or anything that offers it. There are also very few if any videos. Right now though I'm trying to learn it through what my mom remembers and from my family over zoom.

[@cupido2867]

🇧🇷❤️🇵🇹❤️🇲🇾👏👏🥳... vivaaaaaaaaaa a todos os países irmãos Asiáticos que foram colônias de Portugal 🥳🥳

[@Kabkabmbujimayi]

Yeaaaah let's cheer to that and to the millions of Africans and South Americans who were SLAYED AND TORTURED by the Portuguese colonizers

[@cupido2867]

@@Kabkabmbujimayi Sorry no undestend inglish 👈👈👈😂

[@Lastkid0nEarth]

@@Kabkabmbujimayiok we feel sorry for you but I’m still proud of my heritage

[@deezeed2817]

They love the Portuguese more than they do the ethnic Chinese people.

[@mannaz_y]

winstons mother ouch

[@Amiramirfaris97]

Because Portugese/Kristang was very similar to Malay by blood, in some cases they’re recognised as Bumiputera (native malaysian)

[@osheenkelana]

@@Amiramirfaris97 I guess the Peranakans (Baba Nyonya) are much loved as the Kristangs for similar reasons.

[@atengku9660]

Chinese got SJKC? Live here for how many years but still cannot speak Malay. Then want to compared Malaysia with UK/US/Australia.

[@HarryUnchained]

You mean the only country in the world that has Chinese vernacular school?

[@TheSaltube]

Saudações do Brasil a Melaka.

[@azuldoce5982]

BRAAASIL

[@gracasilver8574]

Greetings from Portugal ! 🇵🇹 ❤ 💕

[@norizawanchik6493]

I wonder whether the history book in Portugal mention about Malaysia or Malaya or Malacca...hope someone from portugal read my comment

[@nunom8967]

Yes, we are proud of our history and in school we learn about malasya and malacca when we learn about age of discoveries, we left our legacy around the world and made good friends

[@joaoconchilha2231]

But the majority of us don't know that some people in Malaysia still speak portuguese, or a kind of, it's great. To me was a big surprise.

[@muhammada2445]

@@nunom8967 good to hear that we learn bout Portuguese too here in Malaysia 😊

[@stonemarverick4756]

@@nunom8967 proud to massacred malay in malacca fort?

[@MegaSreis]

Yes, it is taught at Portuguese schools. I was 11 when first heard about Malacca and Maluku Spice Islands. We learn World History and Portuguese History, including Portuguese colonization and slavery commerce in the Atlantic. Not just an epic version of History like in some other countries, but the facts.

[@fezphes218]

A nice and interesting people who are predominately Asiatic. Sadly their identity, culture and language are now endangered by the commercialisation of Malacca. A popular misconception is that they are all descendants of Portuguese conquistadors who set sail from Cochin to seize Malacca in 1511. A substantial number of those conquistadors who remained in Malacca after its conquest were Indian (Malabar Sepoys).

[@jsdev4454]

so they are not portuguese descend but indian?

[@muslimproudtobe]

@@jsdev4454 Some are

[@harryrinaldi2812]

They mixed with Goa Indian..not Portuguese..

[@FireRupee]

@@jsdev4454 Both. A lot of them have Portuguese surnames. Some also have Dutch, British, and/or Chinese heritage.

[@Lastkid0nEarth]

@@harryrinaldi2812that depends our family took a dna test we had no Indian blood only Portuguese dating back

[@BambangPriantono]

While Papia Tugu has already died out since 1978 and nobody speak it anymore. They only speak Betawian Malay or Indonesian nowadays.

[@SaraFredericaSantaMaria]

I think efforts are being made to revive the language in Tugu. I will be going there to assist them.

[@cheahlionel8925]

@@SaraFredericaSantaMaria Interesting. I am deeply interested in Portuguese creoles in Asia. Keep me updated on your work?

[@NewRepublicMapper]

Malaysia Efforts To Revive Malaccan Creole Portuguese Language Meanwhile In The Philippines: Hating Spanish language and Changing The Country Name

[@atengku9660]

Filipinos eat pagpag.

[@NewRepublicMapper]

@@atengku9660 No, We Eat Adobo

[@saltandvinegar2420]

@@NewRepublicMapper Is it that absurd to want to distance your country's identity from it's colonial past? Like c'mon if my country was named after our past overlord's king I'd want that changed as well.

[@justinjamesbalintawak5065]

@@saltandvinegar2420 Yeah try telling that to the people of Latin America

[@saltandvinegar2420]

@@justinjamesbalintawak5065 I would, and I have. I just find it odd, that people seem to worship those who have exploited them.

[@antoniomaldonadocastro357]

What is her social media? I would like to follow

[@lovetime4330]

Atleast malaysia is trying to revive the portugese language even though the majority of its people were muslims.....I wish that also here in the philippines that the government will also revive and introduce once again the spanish language so that we can communicate to our fellow hispanic countries...

[@BambangPriantono]

What about Chavacano?

[@lovetime4330]

@@BambangPriantono It's just a broken spanish and only spoken in some parts of zamboanga..What I want is to re introduce once again the spanish language to our educational curriculum ..so that the whole country can speak spanish..

[@SaraFredericaSantaMaria]

LOVE TIME efforts are being done without the help of the government. It's our own effort. I'm the teacher that's teaching the language in the vicinity of my own house. I'm not being paid to do this. It is 100% my own effort.

[@ftinftin8937]

The Spaniards forced the locals to change their names to Spanish names even they were non-spanish by blood. Colonization.. Was the Spanish language only for the exclusive back then. I mean not introduced n spoken by the masses? Perhaps I'm wrong. Anyway the Spanish language is one of the widely spoken languages today the more we learn the better.

[@ftinftin8937]

Sara Frederica Santa Maria Keep it up Sara!!! I'm all for it.

[@thomasruhm1677]

I am part of a group to revive the Dutch creole language of the Antilles. Other than with Portuguese creole there seems to be no strong identification with Dutch creole or at least colonial Dutch. But recently I found a group on Facebook for that matter.

[@thomasruhm1677]

@Große Scheiße It is called Negerhollands. You find it on Wikipedia. Those who everyone speaks per definition don’t need to be revived.

[@thomasruhm1677]

@Große Scheiße I see. There’s a lot to do for the revival. For instance we will need a learners edition of Oldendorp’s dictionary, which goes both ways.

[@thomasruhm1677]

@Große Scheiße The name in the language itself is varieties of the word «Creol» or «Creol Taal».

[@karlos_infamous]

I think its kind of misleading calling them "of Portuguese descent" because it gives the impression that they are not mixed with the local Malay. Also, I would like to know why they prefer to be called as "Portuguese Eurasian" instead of "mixed Portuguese-Malay"

[@karlos_infamous]

@Saiful Pulau besar ohh, i see thank you for clarifying. Btw, since you mentioned that you are malay, are you knowledgable in old malay language? I listen to music of Noraniza Idris (Irama Malaysia) and i heard that in those songs, she use old malay.

[@billjourney999]

They mixed with Goa Indian

[@FRV-99]

@Saiful Pulau besar They (Portuguese descendant) could have mix with Macaonese Chinese, Goanese Indian, and Malaccan Malay, is not it? Just my 2 cent. If you think about it they all have something in common, former Portuguese colony.

[@kingtonberry4053]

It would not be misleading to call them of Portuguese descent since... they're descended from Portuguese settlers. Now, to call them 100% Portuguese would be misleading for sure.

[@fitofight8540]

They are not called Portuguese Malay because they are Christians.

[@jayhuxley2559]

The reborn of the Portuguese is a prove that mediatic propaganda doesnt afects what really is in the heart of people!

[@TagusMan]

Nobody looks Portuguese. The language is unintelligible, yet the music and dancing is exactly the same as the folk dancing I grew up with in Canada. Tiro-li-o-lo... Viva Kristang!

[@samaguinaldo8556]

Old Portuguese based on a scholars who visited the Portuguese settlement in Malacca. They said the ancient language spoken by the Malacca Portuguese community is no longer spoken in Portugal but the older generation can understand them.

[@EuDouArteHipHopArtCulture21]

A M O R

[@SaraFredericaSantaMaria]

Amor 💓

[@mahbubdawood2909]

Love Jesus

[@lib3rat3]

Yes how about recognizing the malays displaced by the Portuguese, Dutch and British colonial empires that arent being recognized as a race in countries like Sri Lanka and aren't even officially considered citizens in the official documents stating the races that reside in the country. I'd love to see Al Jazeera run a piece on that other side of the coin.

[@goodputin4324]

No need to. No significant contribution to their respective countries 😂

[@alfredo4485]

Já e hora de uma Escola Portuguesa em Malaca.

[@antoniocampos5545]

Portugal está em dívida com a comunidade Papiá Cristam de Malaca. Tem que haver um esforço que ajude a manter a cultura e a língua dessa comunidade lusófona.

[@alfredo4485]

@@antoniocampos5545 Acredito que o Papiá Cristan deveria ser desenvolvido ao par do português.

[@gracasilver8574]

​@@alfredo4485 Impossível não é . O hebraico tinha deixado de ser falado e os Israelitas conseguiram a proeza de recuperá - lo !...

[@liowpohhuat9107]

Pourtegese community needs to persevered their culture,language,foods and religion mo

[@GirlYishi]

I wanna ask a question why don’t we called them as Luso-Peranakan such as Tamil descent Malay called Jawi Peranakan?

[@novayu666]

Jose Mourinho

[@KironManuelCards]

Anyway we can combine efforts I am welcome to ideas.

[@gracasilver8574]

Peçam o apoio do INSTITUTO CAMÕES em Portugal ...

[@KironManuelCards]

@@gracasilver8574 in English please

[@gracasilver8574]

@@KironManuelCards Sorry , I thought that was translation on the comment ... ( or that you understand portughese ) ... I said ask for support to CAMÕES INSTITUTE in Portugal ...

[@KironManuelCards]

@@gracasilver8574 happy to know. Actually we cannot do anything alone in Asia. We need to combine actions.

[@gracasilver8574]

@@KironManuelCards ✌ 😊 Also try to get in touch with the professor and linguist MARC0 NEVES , for exemple ... ( may be he can help ) ...

[@HAPC2]

Johor & VOC

[@200555280]

you cant stop time, if a language is not useful for communication and daily life then its faith is decline, its good to record it for historical purposes but you cant force people to speak it.

[@muhammadadambinmohdrazihan9988]

No one is forcing it. It is normal for a community to speak native language.

[@calebe9060]

Utilitarism is the most bizarre ideology

[@gracasilver8574]

Vá dizer isso à Indonésia que obrigou os Timorenses a falarem indonésio ( não há muito tempo ) !!...

[@sidneysoon2745]

Bon día, con ta cu bo? Ami ta papia papiamento. Ami ta di Curazao

[@lxportugal9343]

Good Morning, how are you? I'm speaking papamiento, I'm in Curação. Did I translate well?

[@Hunterylx]

@@lxportugal9343 i am from curacao .. acho eu hahha

[@eye4484]

the face of greedy colonial heritage left deserted by their forefather who destroyed the progress of Melacca civilization during its peak days

[@alphestanley7194]

They brought more good than harm, if it weren't for them we wouldn't have the discovered technology to fend off neighboring kingdoms. We learned maths, science and even oceanography. Unlike the British or Dutch who stole our resources and made us slaves, left us in ruins when they were defeated, the Portuguese people didn't and remained

[@adamccl7005]

@@alphestanley7194 true. No Portuguese (and Spanish) colonisation, no chillies, rubber plants, coffee, cocoa, etc (originally native to Central and South America only, brought in from Brazil or Mexico) in Southeast Asia today.

[@adamccl7005]

Yet, if not for the Dutch being allies with the Johore Sultanate and defeated the Portuguese in Malacca, we will not discover more things, such as advanced dairy production, electronics technology (Philips still loves Malaysia for having affiliations with the Dutch in the past, trust me). Post-modern era musics of Malaya were sung by Dutch East Indies Eurasians who fell in love with Johore, Malacca, Perak, Penang and even Klang Valley (back then, the famous are was Fort Melawati in Klang). Dutch people are cordially nice, unlike the British (especially English) people who feed a clanish mindset to segregate all people they can. The British was the one that brought the "Divide and Conquer" method to win over the whole big chunk of the Malay Peninsula (what we call today as Peninsular Malaysia) as well as Temasik (now known as Singapore), North Borneo (now known as Sabah), Sarawak, Labuan, Christmas Island as well as Cocos (Keeling) Island.

[@stonemarverick4756]

@@alphestanley7194 wdym “we wouldn’t have the discovered technology”?😂😂do you think malacca sultanate is backward?

[@muhammaduwaismuhsinmuaz4385]

sepatutnya revive lah MELAYU ZAMAN SULTAN MELAKA DULU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@alliswell99199]

mana boleh, xde bloodline dh,

[@muhammaduwaismuhsinmuaz4385]

@@alliswell99199 ooooh

[@stonemarverick4756]

nak revive sapa?

[@muhammaduwaismuhsinmuaz4385]

@@stonemarverick4756 hantu

[@mahbubdawood2909]

Het an Isreal

[@josephsmith1893]

it doesn't matter what you speak... If you are not White, you are not Portuguese! Just ask anybody in Portugal.

[@trailoffiends]

I am one, that's bs. Racism is everywhere, but Portugal has undeniably one of the lowest index of racism in the world. To pretend that Portugal mistreat foreigners is a joke.

[@aliyrafael5233]

Its mix already so what you expect after 500years

[@adamccl7005]

Portuguese are not really White. If you want to look for Whites (as in Blondes), then you you need to look around in Sweden, not Portugal.

[@kingtonberry4053]

@Prince Henry The navigator In the dominant Anglophonic world, Portuguese are barely considered White. In high school, my classmates had a really hard time identifying if Portuguese and other Iberian people are White.

[@muizrahim861]

Portuguese looks like a breeding stock between an Arab and a Caucasian.

[@jennypai1776]

These Kristangs are not really mixed race. They are converts who only think they are mixed race. They don't look very different from the Malays. Their situation is more similar to Filipinos. Not mixed race but converts

[@adamccl7005]

They are a mixed race. In fact, being a mixed race means getting heavily discriminated during the month of Ramadan as you look Malay but the general public will scorn and curse you for being an insolent "Muslim traitor" especially eating out.

[@adamccl7005]

Also Filipinos are very weak in their original Muslim faith. That's the reason with one strong wave of the Spanish Armada fleet, the Tagalogs are the first one to surrender their Iman and leave to become a Whitewashed society. Maynila ought to become a Muslim Sultanate but your own weak faith brought your entire country to become Whitewashed but Asian skin. So don't talk so much about Malacca Eurasians when your own Philippines is too much of a damage beyond repair as a Whitewashed Asian Nation.

[@Alfablue227]

Wrong! They are mixed. Only a Portuguese can detect.

[@PassionPno]

They are mixed, stupid.

[@pabloalvez915]

Wrong, they are mixed Malay /Portuguese.