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Portuguese Malacca as Seen by 16th Century Venetian Merchant [PDF]
Etnografia, 2021 The article deals with the perceptions of an important colonial city, the Portuguese Malacca, in the itinerary written by the Venetian merchant and traveler Cesare Federici (Cesare dei Federici, 1521–1601, traveled in Asia in 1563–1581). Federici’s Voyage to the East India and beyond India (1587) is a vast description of the states of the Middle East ...
Vozchikov, D.
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Vowels in Malacca Portuguese Creole [PDF]
Research in Language, 2015 This paper examines the vowel system of present day Malacca Portuguese Creole (MPC) or Kristang, based on recordings from interviews with five female native speakers of MPC. A total of 1083 monophthongs were extracted from the recordings. The first and second formants of these vowels were measured and analysed.
Stefanie Pillai +2 more
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Language Maintenance or Language Shift in the Portuguese Settlement of Malacca in Malaysia
Migracijske i etničke teme, 1999 This paper discusses the status of Kristang, a creole among the Portuguese Eurasians of Malaysia. The study focuses on members of the Portuguese Eurasian community who live in the Portuguese Settlement of Malacca.
Maya Khemlani David, Noor Faridah
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The origin of cultivated mangosteen (Garcinia mangostana L. var. mangostana): Critical assessments and an evolutionary-ecological perspective. [PDF]
Ecol Evol, 2023 Abstract Mangosteen (Garcinia mangostana var. mangostana) is a popular tropical fruit, yet many aspects of its biology and evolutionary history are little known. Its origin remains contentious, although recent findings suggest G. mangostana L. var. malaccensis (Hook. f.) Nazre (synonym: G. malaccensis Hook. f.) as the sole progenitor.
Yao TL +4 more
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Slavery, Family and Childhood in the Portuguese Diaspora in Southeast Asia, 16th-17th Centuries
Ler HistóriaThe Portuguese communities in Asia were mainly concerned with maritime commerce, which required long periods on board. The families of most of these merchants resided on land, in cities such as Goa, Cochin, Malacca and Macao, and included numerous slaves
Isabel dos Guimarães Sá
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"The CM is On The Way": Reflections on Malacca-Portuguese Identity as Malaysia Turns 50
Portuguese Literary and Cultural Studies, 2017 Abstract: An ethnographic account of one day in the life of the Portuguese Settlement in Malacca, Malaysia, as the community prepares for a visit from the Chief Minister of the state of Malacca. The essay describes the day of the Chief Minister's visit (August 14, 2007) as it unfolded in the Portuguese Settlement and reflects on what the event tells us
Sarkissian, Margaret
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, 1886 (Uploaded by Plazi from the Biodiversity Heritage Library) No abstract provided.
Koek, Edwin
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Island Studies JournalIn the 16^th^ and 17^th^ centuries, under the influence of the Portuguese Empire's overseas expansion and cultural integration, the island city of Macau became an important international trading port in the Eastern Sea, with close ties to the Asian port ...
Yile Chen, Liang Zheng, Jianyi Zheng
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Ecology and Evolution, Volume 13, Issue 10, October 2023., 2023 In this study, we use whole‐genome sequencing (WGS) of two closely related primate species that have experienced introgression in their history, the rhesus (Macaca mulatta) and cynomolgus (Macaca fascicularis) macaques, to identify genes exhibiting a pattern of reproductive character displacement consistent with reinforcement speciation. Using windowed
Nick Bailey +3 more
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Portuguese Descendants in Malacca, Malaysia
The New Geography, 1981 Tokuichi ASAI
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