Malay, Bacanese

A language of Indonesia

ISO 639: btj
Alternate Names: Bacan, Batjan
Population: 6 (2012 SIL).
Location:: North Maluku province: at least 2 villages on Bacan and Mandioli islands.
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%.
Other Comments: No evidence of an earlier indigenous language (1987 J. Collins). Muslim.

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