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Portugis, or Ternateño, was a Portuguese-based creole language spoken by Christians of mixed Portuguese and Malay ancestry in the islands of Ambon and Ternate in the Moluccas ( Indonesia), from the 16th to the middle of the 20th century.

Portugis was a creole based chiefly on Portuguese and Malay. ^[1]

The language was gradually replaced by a variant of Malay called Ambonese Malay.

• Chavacano (a Spanish-based creole language spoken in the Philippines, including people of Ternate descent)
• Kristang language