ISO 639-3 · msimsi
Austronesian family · creole or pidgin
Sabah Malay
Sabah Malay is a creole or pidgin of the Indonesian languages branch (Austronesian), spoken in Malaysia. Wikidata counts about 3 m speakers (2013). Wikidata describes it as “pidginised local trade language of Sabah”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
msi- Glottocode
saba1263- Family
- Austronesian
- Wikipedia
- 8 language editions
—first-language speakers
3 msecond-language speakers
1countries
—scripts
2levels in the tree
3EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Sabah Malay |
|---|---|
| L2 speakers | 3,000,000 (2013) |
| 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 Sabah Malay
The branches above Sabah Malay, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where 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