Indonesian, Peranakan

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A language of Indonesia

ISO 639-3
pea
Alternate Names
Baba Indonesian, Chinese Indonesian, Peranakan
User Population

20,000 (Wurm and Hattori 1981).

Location

Central Java, East Java, West Java, and Yogyakarta provinces scattered on north coast.

Language Status

7 (Shifting).

Classification
Creole, Malay based
Dialects

None known. Based on Indonesian [ind] and Javanese [jav], with Mandarin [cmn] elements in contrast to Baba Malay [mbf], which has Hokkien (Chinese, Min Nan [nan]) elements.

Language Use

Adults only. Shifting to Indonesian [ind].

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Indonesian, Peranakan