Alternate Names: Bacan, Batjan
Dialects: A member of macrolanguage Malay ,.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 6 (2012 SIL).
Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: 1%–5%. Literacy rate in L2: 50%–75%.
Nation of Origin: Indonesia
Other Comments: No evidence of an earlier indigenous language (1987 J. Collins). Muslim.