Malay, Manado | Ethnologue

A language of Indonesia

ISO 639: xmm
Alternate Names: Manadonese, Manadonese Malay, Minahasan Malay
Autonym: Bahasa Manado
Population: 3,320,000, all users. L1 users: 1,820,000 (2010 census), increasing. L2 users: 1,500,000 (2013 D. Mead).
Location:: Gorontalo and North Sulawesi provinces.
Language Status: 3 (Wider communication). Developed in 1658 under Dutch colonial period (trading and military posts). Important, growing lingua franca in much of Sulawesi. Spoken mostly (rarely written) in Manado, capital of North Sulawesi.
Classification: Creole, Malay based
Dialects: None known. Most similar to North Moluccan Malay [max]. Also similar to Sri Lankan Malay Creole [sci]. A member of macrolanguage Malay [msa].
Language Use: Home, Community, Work. Used by all. Neutral attitudes. Also use Indonesian [ind]. Used as L2 by Andio [bzb], Bantik [bnq], Bintauna [bne], Bolango [bld], Buol [blf], Gorontalo [gor], Kaidipang [kzp], Lolak [llq], Mongondow [mog], Pendau [ums], Ponosakan [pns], Ratahan [rth], Sangir [sxn], Talaud [tld], Tombulu [tom], Tondano [tdn], Tonsawang [tnw], Tonsea [txs], Tontemboan [tnt].
Language Development: Radio. Dictionary. Grammar. NT: 2017.
Language Resources: OLAC resources in and about Malay, Manado
Writing: Latin script [Latn].
Other Comments: Influences from Portuguese [por] and Ternate [tft]. Christian, Muslim.

Location: Gorontalo and North Sulawesi provinces.