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ISO 639-3 · absabs
Austronesian family · creole or pidgin
Ambonese
Ambonese is a creole or pidgin of the Malayic branch (Austronesian), spoken in Indonesia. Wikidata describes it as “creole spoken by the Ambonese ethnic group”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
abs- Glottocode
ambo1250- Family
- Austronesian
- Centre point
- -3.72, 128.18
- Wikipedia
- 19 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
—scripts
3levels in the tree
3EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Ambonese |
|---|---|
| Also called | Ambonese language, abs, Ambonese creole, Ambonese creole language |
| Kind | creole or pidgin |
Vitality
EGIDS 3 Wider Communication3
Institutional. Used in government, education and media — EGIDS 0 to 4.
Other languages at this levelfamily tree
From Austronesian to Ambonese
The branches above Ambonese, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Countries
Also spoken in Indonesia
engEnglishIndo-European · 1.13 bn0 · InternationalcmnMandarin ChineseSino-Tibetan · 1.07 bn1 · NationalcmnStandard ChineseSino-Tibetan · 897.1 maraArabicAfroasiatic · 315.4 mSafeindIndonesianAustronesian · 199 m1 · NationaljavJavaneseAustronesian · 84.3 m4 · EducationaltamTamilDravidian · 83 m2 · ProvincialmsaMalayAustronesian · 77 mnanSouthern MinSino-Tibetan · 48.3 m6a · VigoroushakHakka ChineseSino-Tibetan · 48.2 m5 · Developing