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Cannanore Indo-Portuguese is an Indo-Portuguese creole spoken on the Malabar coast of India. It formed from contact between the Portuguese and Malayalam languages in Indo-Portuguese households in the city of Cannanore (Kannur). It is estimated to have native five speakers remaining. It formed after the Cochin Indo-Portuguese.The presence of Portuguese were strong in Cannanore during 1500’s. Lourenço de Almeida son of the Viceroy Francisco de Almeida was the leader of a Portuguese fleet.