9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 [MUSIC] 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 Meet Aida de Jesus. She's 103 years old. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 I don't like to feel so old.[br]I like to feel only 80. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 Aida is from Macau, a Chinese city [br]that was formerly 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 colonized by Portugal for 400 years. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 She and her daughter Sonia[br]are among the few people 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 who still speak Patuà,[br]a critically endangered language 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 that is unique to Macau. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 [MUSIC] 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 Here's a local music video[br]with subtitles in four languages: 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 Patuà, Cantonese,[br]Portuguese and English. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 You can see how Patuà mixes[br]the languages 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 of places along the Portuguese[br]trade route 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 in the 16th century. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 [MUSIC] 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 When I was in school,[br]in our days 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 they didn't like us to speak[br]Patuà, 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 because they used to say[br]that it is not real Portuguese. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 Aida and Sonia are Macau locals 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 of mixed Portuguese-Chinese ancestry. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 They are the Macanese,[br]and they make up 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 less than 1% of a city that is[br]over 90% Chinese. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 You can say it's a dying race. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 To understand Aida's community, we[br]first have to understand her city, Macau, 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 which is an hour ferry ride away[br]from Hong Kong. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 It has rapidly developed[br]over the last few decades, 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 and is now known as the world's[br]largest casino town, 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 raking in five times[br]as much money as Las Vegas. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 This is thanks, in part,[br]to the Portuguese 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 legalizing gambling in the 1800s. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 So when Portugal returned Macau to China[br]20 years ago, 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 it became the only place in the country[br]where gambling was legal. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 Many Portuguese left[br]sfter World War II 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 and an anti-Portuguese riot[br]in the '60s, 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 but you can still spot signs[br]of portuguese influence all over the city. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 Chinese and Portuguese are the[br]official languages, 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 and colonial buildings are protected[br]Unesco heritage sites. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 And just outside the city center 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 is Aida and Sonia's[br]traditional Macanese restaurant. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 When the Portuguese married Chinese wives 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 they tried to cook as close as possible to[br]Portuguese food. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 But in those days, they didn't have[br]so much Portuguese ingredients, 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 so they tried to put some Chinese[br]ingredients into it, 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 and that's how Macanese food started. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 In our restaurant, our signature dish[br]is minchi. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 It's a very simple dish.[br]It's made of minced pork. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 Another signature dish is pato cabidela. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 Of course, in Portugal[br]they also have cabidela. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 It's made of duck blood[br]mixed with vinegar. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 Unesco calls Macau[br]"the home of the first fusion food", 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 and also recognizes the Macabese[br]language, Patuà, as a dying language, 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 with only 50 speakers left. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 Patuà, before, my grandmother[br]spoke it more. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 Young people don't speak much Patuà.