Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c6.s2.2
Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c6.s2.2
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c6.s2.2
The phonetic changes of Indo-Portuguese are few. *F* is substituted for *p*; whilst the accent varies according to the race of the speaker.* The vocabulary varies, as regards the introduction of native Indian terms, from the same cause.