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Saying it in Kristang
Papiá Kristang, the creole of Melaka’s Portuguese-Eurasian community, has been spoken for five centuries. Whether it is still spoken in fifty years depends on what happens now.
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Reclaimed land, rising water and the question of what to keep.
Every old city has to decide what it keeps. These essays look at the choices in front of Melaka: who gets to live in the heritage zone, what happens to a coast that keeps moving, and whether an endangered language can find new speakers.
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Land from the sea
Melaka’s shoreline has moved a long way in a single generation. As the sea begins to rise, the city has to decide which way the line should move next.
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A museum or a neighbourhood
Since 2008 the old town has been a World Heritage Site, and its buildings are better cared for than they have been in generations. The question is who will still live in them.
