High Life Issue #5

品 30 #5 2017 年 2 月 什么是土生葡语？ 土生葡语是一种以葡萄牙语为基础的混合语， 融入了马来语、粤语和僧伽罗语，最初是在澳 门葡萄牙殖民地的土生葡人社区使用。 如今仍然使用土生葡语的澳门及散居土生葡人 家庭已所剩无几。 2009年2月20日，教科文组织新版《世界濒危 语言图谱》将土生葡语列为「极度濒危」语 言。 What is Patuá? Macanese Creole or Macanese Patois (known as Patuá to its speakers) is a Portuguese-based creole language with a substrate from Malay, Cantonese and Sinhalese, which was originally spoken by the Macanese community of the Portuguese colony of Macau. It is nowspoken by a fewfamilies inMacau and in the Macanese diaspora. On 20 February 2009, the new edition of UNESCO’sAtlas of theWorld’s Languages in Danger classified Patuá as a “critically endangered” language.