ISO 639-3 · bewbew
Austronesian family
Betawi
basa Betawi
Betawi is a language of the Betawic branch (Austronesian), spoken in Indonesia. Wikidata counts about 5 m speakers. Wikidata describes it as “Austronesian language of Greater Jakarta, Indonesia”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
bew- Glottocode
beta1252- Family
- Austronesian
- EGIDS
- 6b Threatened
- Centre point
- -6.22, 107.02
- Wikipedia
- 37 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
2scripts
4levels in the tree
6bEGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Betawi · basa Betawi |
|---|---|
| Also called | Betawi language, Batavian language, bew, Betawi Javan Creole, Jakartan Javan Creole |
| All speakers | 5,000,000 |
| Written in | Latin script, Arabic script |
Vitality
EGIDS 6b Threatened6b
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 Betawi
The branches above Betawi, 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