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- Austronesian
- South Halmahera
- Bacanese Malay
ISO 639-3 · btjbtj
Austronesian family
Bacanese Malay
bahasa Batjan
Bacanese Malay is a language of the South Halmahera branch (Austronesian), spoken in Indonesia. Wikidata counts about 6 speakers (2012). Wikidata describes it as “language in North Maluku”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
btj- Glottocode
baca1243- Family
- Austronesian
- EGIDS
- 8b Nearly Extinct
- Centre point
- -0.63, 127.48
- Wikipedia
- 11 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
—scripts
7levels in the tree
8bEGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Bacanese Malay · bahasa Batjan |
|---|---|
| Also called | Bacanese Malay language, Bacanese, Bacan language, Bacan, Bacanese language |
| All speakers | 6 (2012) |
Vitality
EGIDS 8b Nearly Extinct8b
Endangered. Children are no longer learning it everywhere, or only grandparents speak it — EGIDS 6b to 8b.
Other languages at this levelfamily tree
From Austronesian to Bacanese Malay
The branches above Bacanese Malay, 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