Malay, Manado

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A language of Indonesia

ISO 639-3
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Alternate Names
Manadonese Malay, Minahasan Malay
Population

850,000 (2001).

Location

North Sulawesi Province, throughout Minahasa regency; other areas in North Sulawesi and Gorontalo provinces.

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Language Status

3 (Wider communication).

Classification
Creole, Malay based
Dialects

Most similar to North Moluccan Malay [max]. Also similar to Sri Lankan Malay [sci].

Language Use

An important, growing lingua franca in many parts of Sulawesi. 1,500,000 L2 users in North Sulawesi. Also use Indonesian [ind].

Language Development
Dictionary. Bible portions: 2003–2012.
Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Malay, Manado
Writing
Latin script.
Other Comments

Influences from Portuguese [por] and Ternate [tft]. Christian, Muslim.