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Macanese people 土生葡人 Maquista[1]
Total population
c. 42,000
Regions with significant populations
Macau 8,000[2]
United States
15,000[3]
Canada
12,000[4]
Portugal
5,000[3]
Hong Kong
1,000[5]
Brazil
300[6]
Languages
Portuguese · Cantonese · Macanese
Religion
Roman Catholicism
Related ethnic groups
Portuguese diaspora · Cantonese people · Hong Kong people · Macau people · Tanka people · Sinhalese people · Japanese people · Malay people · Indian diaspora
Macanese people
Chinese
土生葡人
Literal meaning
Native-born Portuguese people
Transcriptions
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanization
tóu-saāng pòuh-yàhn
Jyutping
tou2 saang1 pou4 jan4
IPA
[tʰou˧˥ saːŋ˥ pʰou˩ jɐn˩]
Alternative Chinese name
Chinese
土生澳門人
Literal meaning
Native-born Macau people
Transcriptions
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutping
tou2 saang1 ou3 mun2 jan4
IPA
[tʰou˧˥ saːŋ˥ ou˧ muːn˧˥ jɐn˩]
Second alternative Chinese name
Chinese
麥境士
Literal meaning
Cantonese Homophonic Translation of Macanese
Transcriptions
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutping
mak6 ging2 si6
IPA
[mɐk̚˨ keŋ˧˥ siː˨]
The Macanese people (Portuguese: Macaense, Maquista) are a multiracial East Asian ethnic group that originated in Macau in the 16th century, consisting of people of predominantly mixed Cantonese and Portuguese as well as Malay,[7] Japanese,[7] English,[7] Dutch,[8] Sinhalese,[7] and Indian[8] ancestry.[9][10]
After World War II, the migration became a flood – the so-called diaspora. Today Macanese families are dispersed all over the globe and their history and culture are in danger of being lost.[11]
^"Famous People From Macau Famous Natives". Worldatlas.com. Archived from the original on 18 August 2018. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
^"Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2017-07-17. Retrieved 2016-10-07.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ ab"Encontro para não esquecer – Comunidades macaenses reunidas até domingo". Jornal O Clarim. Archived from the original on 3 September 2014. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
^Entrevista a José Cordeiro, no programa televisivo RCP Rescaldos da Comunidade Portuguesa Canadá, 10 de Março de 2012 – na entrevista filmada, ir ao minuto 8, ondo José Cordeiro, fundador da associação macaense Amigu di Macau, fez uma estimativa da população macaense residente em Toronto.
^"Lusitano abre as suas portas". Revista Macau. 2 December 2006. Retrieved 13 June 2017.
^"Uma comunidade cheia de vida e tradição no Brasil". Revista Macau (in Portuguese). 16 June 2013. Retrieved 2 May 2017.
^ abcdMinahan, James B (2014). Ethnic Groups of North, East, and Central Asia: An Encyclopedia. ABC-CLIO. p. 169. ISBN 978-1-61069-017-1.
^ abPorter, Jonathan (1996). Macau, the imaginary city: culture and society, 1557 to the present. Avalon. p. 78. ISBN 9780813328362. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
^Teixeira, Manuel (1965),Os Macaenses, Macau: Imprensa Nacional; Amaro, Ana Maria (1988), Filhos da Terra, Macau: Instituto Cultural de Macau, pp. 4–7; and Pina-Cabral, João de and Nelson Lourenço (1993), Em Terra de Tufões: Dinâmicas da Etnicidade Macaense, Macau: Instituto Cultural de Macau, for three varying, yet converging discussions on the definition of the term Macanese. Also particularly helpful is Review of Culture No. 20 July/September (English Edition) 1994, which is devoted to the ethnography of the Macanese.
^Marreiros, Carlos (1994), "Alliances for the Future" in Review of Culture, No. 20 July/September (English Edition), pp. 162–172.
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Global Information
Macau 8,000[2]
United States
Canada
Portugal
Hong Kong
Brazil