5-529: Mattancherry ( Malayalam: [mɐʈːaːɲd͡ʒeːɾi] ; Cochin Portuguese Creole : Cochim de Cima [ ˈ k o ʃ ĩ ð ɨ ˈ s ĩ m ɐ ] ), is a historic ward of Kochi , Kerala . It is about 9 km south-west from the city centre. Mattanchery is home to many sites of historical and cultural significance, including the Paradesi Synagogue - which
10-839: The Kochi metropolitan area . Cochin Indo-Portuguese, known locally as "Portuguese" or "Cochin Portuguese", formed from contact between Portuguese , Malayalam and other languages spoken in old Cochin. Cochin Portuguese was one of the first contact languages to spring up from European contact in Asia, and it became the mother tongue of part of the local Catholic community in the 15th to 19th centuries. It emerged from Catholic Indo-Portuguese households in Malabar, and it became sufficiently established that it continued under Dutch occupation in
15-602: The 17th century. Speakers started shifting away from the language around the turn of the 19th century. The last native speaker, William Rozario, died on 20 August 2010 in Vypeen. Some in Cochin still understand it to a degree. Both Portuguese and Malayalam have had significant influences in Malabar Indo-Portuguese. The verb tæ , for example, borrows its semantic context from other Portuguese verbs, namely from
20-813: The Holy Cross Pilgrim Centre Mattancherry Cochin Portuguese Creole Cochin Indo-Portuguese , also known as Vypin Indo-Portuguese from its geographic centre, is an Indo-Portuguese creole spoken on the Malabar coast of India, particularly in Fort Cochin , in the state of Kerala . The last person who spoke it as a first language, William Rozario, died in 2010. It is now spoken by Christian families in an around Vypeen Island (Vypin Island) and other areas of
25-780: Was the centre of life in the Jewish Quarter. In addition to the Cochin Jews and Paradesi Jews , Mattanchery is also home to Konkanis and Gujaratis , with the Gujarati street in Mattancherry being a cultural icon for Keralite Gujaratis. Mattancherry is a part of the Kochi assembly constituency and Ernakulam (Lok Sabha constituency) . Mattancherry is home to the Paradesi Synagogue , India's oldest functioning synagogue , Mattancherry Palace Museum, Mattacherry Pazhayannur Royal temple, Church of our Lady of Health, and
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