Topic summary

Macanese language

Macanese language

Extracted from the Wikipedia article Macanese Patois.

Name

In Chinese, it is called "澳門土生葡語" ("Macanese language") or "土生土語" ("native-born dialect/patois"). In Portuguese, it is called macaense, Macaista chapado ("pure Macanese"), or o patuá (from Frenchpatois).