The languages spoken are Portuguese, Chinese (Putonghua dialect), English and Cantonese (Dialect). English is expanding as a language in commerce, tourism and is being used in education. These are all official languages used in Macau.
However, there is also the old Macanese language (Patuá, or Makista). It is a language of Portuguese with a little mix of Chinese in it. Unfortunately, it has now virtually died out as the number of Macanese (Chinese mixed Portuguese) population decreased drastically.
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