Are these parts actually portuguese speaking or are there just some families that speak portuguese as an ancestral language but not in every day situations?
2006-11-18 08:59:19 · 6 answers · asked by linguist 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
to "sgtnitroy" where and when did I say that I thoght that India was exclusively Hindi speaking?
2006-11-18 09:11:28 · update #1
HEY LINGUIST, PORTUGUESE IS ALIVE AND WELL IN GOA! I have friends who speak it on a daily basis at home. The practice has reduced greatly in recent times. Old timers who were educated before 1961 had it as a subject in school.
2006-11-18 12:56:37 · answer #1 · answered by Sho Biz 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Goa, on the west coast of India was a Portuguese colony until India overran it a few decades ago. I imagine that some people still speak Portuguese there.
2006-11-19 04:58:44 · answer #2 · answered by Hi y´all ! 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes Daman and Diu & Goa are the places where people speak Portuguese.
2006-11-18 17:13:44 · answer #3 · answered by Viren 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
no. Goa is an portugees colony preset indian governing ,chance s some families migrated from portugal will be speeking India had mor than 10 languages like malayalam,thamil,karnatak,telungu,marathi,oriya,bangali,assamis,gujaraathi,kasmiri,urudu and hind. hindi is cinfermed as national language and it speakind about 20%places
2006-11-18 18:18:52 · answer #4 · answered by keral 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes ,its true states like Daman and Diu & Goa also Dadra nagar haveli ,
2006-11-18 19:46:45 · answer #5 · answered by Dee 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Why did you think that India is exclusively Hindi speaking, matter of fact most speak English as well.
2006-11-18 17:04:33 · answer #6 · answered by me_worry? 4 · 0⤊ 3⤋