Malay, Bacanese

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A language of Indonesia

ISO 639-3
btj
Alternate Names
Bacan, Batjan
User Population

6 (2012 SIL).

Location

North Maluku province: at least 2 villages on Bacan and Mandioli islands.

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Language Status

8b (Nearly extinct).

Classification
Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Malayo-Chamic, Malayic, Malay
Dialects

A member of macrolanguage Malay [msa].

Language Use

Shifted to North Moluccan Malay [max].

Language Development

Literacy rate in L1: 1%–5%. Literacy rate in L2: 50%–75%.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Malay, Bacanese
Other Comments

No evidence of an earlier indigenous language (1987 J. Collins). Muslim.