Indonesian, Peranakan

PEA

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Alternate Names: Baba Indonesian, Chinese Indonesian, Peranakan

Dialects: None known. Based on Indonesian , and Javanese ,, with Mandarin , elements in contrast to Baba Malay ,, which has Hokkien (Chinese, Min Nan ,) elements.

Genealogy:

Creole
Malay based

Demographics: 20,000 (Wurm and Hattori 1981).

Language Use: Mainly older adults.

Nation of Origin: Indonesia