btj ISO 639

Malay, Bacanese

Bacanese Malay is an endangered indigenous language of Indonesia. It belongs to the Austronesian language family and is part of the Malay macrolanguage. Direct evidence is lacking, but the language is thought to be used as a first language by the elderly only. It is not known to be taught in schools.

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It belongs to the Austronesian language family.