Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - DW - 20190605:14:40:00
A colony the malaysian city of malacca retains a strong portuguese flavor but part of it is under threat specifically a quill language spoken by people of mixed portuguese and malaysian descent the language is called christian and it's listed as severely endangered by unesco one teacher is fighting to preserve it. what you're hearing is a song in christan a centuries old creole language at risk of extinction. according to unesco only some 2000 people still speak the tongue and that number is falling. santamaria is trying to reverse the trend by offering language and culture classes his student...
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