Indonesian, Peranakan

A language of Indonesia

ISO 639: pea
Alternate Names: Baba Indonesian, Chinese Indonesian, Peranakan
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].

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