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| Official population numbers are unknown. | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Latin America, United States, South Africa | |
| Languages | |
| Portuguese, Spanish, English, French, and Afrikaans | |
| Religion | |
| Christianity (Predominantly Roman Catholic; large Protestant minority); other religions | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Europeans (mostly Portuguese, Spanish, English, French, and Dutch) and African people |
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| United States, South Africa, Brazil |
List of countries where a Portuguese-based creole is spoken
The Portuguese-based creole language of Papiamento1 is official in Aruba and the Netherlands Antilles. There are several other creoles spoken in other countries but are not official.
| No. | Country | Creole Language | Alternate Name | Estimated Speakers[1]
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Netherlands Antilles |
Papiamento | Papiamentu | 179,000 |
| 2 |  Aruba |
Papiamento | Papiamentu | 60,000 |
| 3 |  Cape Verde |
Cape Verdean | Kabuverdianu | 393,943 |
| 4 |  Guinea-Bissau |
Guinea-Bissau Creole | Crioulo | 189,850 |
| 5 |  São Tomé and Príncipe |
Forro | São Tomense | 69,899 |
| " | " | Angolar | Fa D'ambu | 5,000 |
| " | " | Principense | 200 | |
| 6 |  Malaysia |
Kristang | Malaccan Creole | 5,000 |
| 7 |  Hong Kong |
Macanese | Macau Creole | 4,000 |
| 8 |  Sri Lanka |
Indo-Portuguese | 3,406 | |
| 9 |  India |
Indo-Portuguese | Língua da Casa | 2,000 |
| " | " | Kristi | Korlai Creole | 750 |
| 10 |  Equatorial Guinea |
Annobonese | 2,500 |
1Papiamento is considered both a Portuguese- and Spanish-based creole language [2][3]
- ^ "Ethnologue". Retrieved 2008-06-15.
- ^ Attila Narin (June 1998). "Papiamentu Facts". Retrieved 2008-06-13.
- ^ Dalby, Andrew. Dictionary of Languages. Bloomsbury Publishing plc. pp. p. 489. ISBN 0-7475-3117-X.
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