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8-634: Vypin ( IPA: [ʋɐi̯pːin] , Cochin Portuguese : Isla Santa ) is one of the group of islands that form part of the city of Kochi ( Cochin ), in the Indian state of Kerala . Vypin forms a barrier island which lies between the Arabian Sea in the west and the Cochin backwaters formed by the various distributaries of Periyar river, in the east. The northernmost end of the island lies on
16-621: A bridge was built by the Goshree Islands Development Authority (GIDA) to connect Vypin to the mainland. The Goshree bridges also connect the islands Mulavukad and Vallarpadam . Vypin is now a fast-developing suburb of Kochi City. Today, all the basic infrastructure of modern living is available in Vypin. Travellers from North Kerala can use the Vypin–Munambam state highway to reach Ernakulam. The island
24-656: Is 58th most densely populated islands in the world. Njarakkal is one of the most densely populated locations within Vypin. At far the northern tip of Vypin, is home to the Munambam Fishing Harbour, the largest fishing harbour in Kochi. Puthuvype has become the major industrial hub in Kerala and the fastest growing city suburb due to the SPM project run by Kochi Refineries , an offshore pumping station of Kochi Port,
32-780: 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
40-836: The Puthuvyp LNG Terminal, the IOC Bottling Plant and the proposed Oceanarium. There are ten lighthouses in Kerala , one of which is situated at Puthuvype Beach and is the tallest in Kerala. India's first international container trans-shipment terminal (ICTT) in the Special Economic Zone at Vallarpadam Island, designed to handle the largest container ships, was opened by then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on 11 February 2011. There are regular boat services from Fort Kochi to Vypin Island. In 2004
48-602: 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
56-748: The estuary of the Periyar river in Muziris (Kodungallur), and the southernmost end in the mouth of the Cochin Backwaters in Kalamukku near Fort Vypin. The island is about 27 kilometres (17 mi) long and is connected to mainland Kochi by a series of bridges known as the Goshree bridges , which start at Kalamukku in Vypin, touch other two islands and then finish at Marine Drive covering a total distance of around three km (1.9 mi). Vypin
64-757: Was formed in 1341 following a heavy flood. 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
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