Let’s Learn Patuá

Patuá is a Portuguese-Asian Creole language once quite widely spoken in Macao. It has largely fallen out of use and fluent speakers now number perhaps only dozens in Macao and possibly a hundred in Hong Kong. So any attempt to revive Patuá is welcome and Elisabela Larrea’s book “Unchinho di Língu Maquista: Patuá Bit by Bit: Flashcard Book” looks like a good way to start. I think I might give it a go…

An interview with Elisabela and more on “Unchinho di Língu Maquista: Patuá Bit by Bit: Flashcard Book” in the Macao Daily Post here.