(documentation PeranakanIndonesianLanguage EnglishLanguage "The PeranakanIndonesianLanguage is an IndonesianBasedCreoleLanguage of Indonesia (Java). SIL code: PEA. ISO 639-2: crp. Population: Many thousands of speakers (1981 Wurm and Hattori). Region: East and central Java. Alternate names: CHINESE INDONESIAN, BABA INDONESIAN, PERANAKA. Comments: It is based in Indonesian and Javanese. It has Mandarin elements, in contrast to Baba Malay, which has Hokkien elements. Monolinguals are over 70 years old. Developed at the beginning of the 17th century among Low Malay speaking Chinese traders from Fukien who married Javanese women. Investigation needed: intelligibility with Baba Malay, bilingual proficiency in Indonesian, Javanese.(extract from http:/ / www.ethnologue.com/ )") |
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