Indo-Portuguese creoles are the several Portuguese creoles spoken in the erstwhile Portuguese Indian settlements, Cochin Portuguese Creole, Fort Bassein, Goa and Damaon, Portuguese Ceylon etc; in present-day India and Sri Lanka. These creoles are now mostly extinct or endangered. They have substantial European Portuguese words in their grammars or lexicons:

• Ceylon Portuguese creole (Sri Lanka)
• Damaon and Dio Portuguese creole
• Kristi language (Chaul Portuguese creole)
• Norteiro creole (Bassein) †
• Bombay Portuguese creole †
• Goa Portuguese creole †
• Korlai Portuguese
• Cochin Portuguese creole †
• Cannanore Portuguese creole
• Bengali Portuguese creole †

The expression Indo-Portuguese may refer not only to the creoles but also to the creole people groups of Luso-Indians and Portuguese Burghers, who spoke them on the Indian subcontinent.

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