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The Macanese is a Portuguese-based creole language spoken in Macau. It was developed under Portuguese colonization started in the mid-1500s by intermarriage between Portuguese men and women from Sri Lanka/Ceylon and Malacca, mixing their respective languages. The speakers (and the language itself) augmented in 1600s by immigration from other erstwhile Portuguese territories (Sri Lanka/Ceylon, Malacca and Indonesia) and the arrival of Japanese Christians.

Now, it was declared a very endangered language by the UNESCO, as it was spoken by very few in Macau.

Here's the question: What are the measures should be taken to make Macanese spoken by most of the population in Macau until the present day?

(Note: The possibility of intermarriage between Macanese/Portuguese and Cantonese-speaking Han Chinese population can be discussed, too.)
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