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ISO 639-3 · mbfmbf
unclassified · creole or pidgin
Baba Malay
Baba Malay is a creole or pidgin, spoken in Malaysia and Singapore. Wikidata counts about 12,000 speakers (2006). Wikidata describes it as “Malay-based pidgin spoken in Melaka”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
mbf- Glottocode
baba1267- Family
- unclassified
- EGIDS
- 8a Moribund
- Wikipedia
- 8 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
2countries
—scripts
—levels in the tree
8aEGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Baba Malay |
|---|---|
| Also called | Peranakan Malay, Singapore Bazaar Malay |
| All speakers | 12,000 (2006) |
| Kind | creole or pidgin |
Vitality
EGIDS 8a Moribund8a
Endangered. Children are no longer learning it everywhere, or only grandparents speak it — EGIDS 6b to 8b.
Other languages at this levelwhere it is spoken
Countries
Also spoken in Malaysia
engEnglishIndo-European · 1.13 bn0 · InternationalcmnMandarin ChineseSino-Tibetan · 1.07 bn1 · NationalcmnStandard ChineseSino-Tibetan · 897.1 maraArabicAfroasiatic · 315.4 mSafepanPunjabiunclassified · 125 mSafejavJavaneseAustronesian · 84.3 m4 · EducationaltamTamilDravidian · 83 m2 · ProvincialmsaMalayAustronesian · 77 mkorKoreanKoreanic · 73.2 m1 · NationalyueYue ChineseSino-Tibetan · 62.2 m2 · Provincial