Malay, Bacanese
A language of Indonesia (Maluku)
| Population | 2,500 (1991 SIL). Over 1,000 in Labuha (1987 J. Collins). |
| Region | North Maluku, Bacan Island west of southern Halmahera; former Labuha palace area, 1 village; Mandioli Island, and half of Waya and Lele villages. |
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Indonesia, Northern Maluku |
| Alternate names | Bacan, Batjan |
| Classification | Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Malayo-Sumbawan, North and East, Malayic, Malay A member of macrolanguage Malay [msa] (Malaysia). |
| Language use | No L2 speakers of Bacanese Malay. |
| Language development | Literacy rate in L1: 1%–5%. Literacy rate in L2: 50%–75%. |
| Comments | No evidence of an earlier indigenous language (1987 J. Collins). Junior high school in Labuha. Agriculturalists. Muslim. |
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