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| Betawi | |
|---|---|
| basè Betawi, basa Betawi | |
| Native to | Indonesia |
| Region | Greater Jakarta |
| Ethnicity | |
Native speakers | (5 million cited 2000 census)[1] |
Malay-based creole
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| Dialects |
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| Latin (Malay alphabet) | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | bew |
| Glottolog | beta1252 |
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Betawi, also known as Batavian,[2] Jakartanese,[3] is a creole language spoken by the Betawi people in Jakarta, Indonesia. It is the native language of perhaps 5 million people; a precise number is difficult to determine due to the vague use of the name.
Batavian language is a popular informal language in contemporary Indonesia, used as the base of Indonesian slang and commonly spoken in Jakarta, TV show, Lenong (traditional betavian theatere) and some animated cartoons (e.g. Adit Sopo Jarwo).[4] The name "Betawi" stems from Batavia, the official name of Jakarta during the era of the Dutch East Indies. Colloquial Jakarta Indonesian, a vernacular form of Indonesian that has spread from Jakarta into large areas of Java and replaced existing Malay dialects, has its roots in Batavian language. According to Uri Tadmor, there is no clear border distinguishing Colloquial Jakarta Indonesian from Betawi language .[5]
Batavian language is still spoken by the older generation in some locations on the outskirts of Jakarta, such as Kampung Melayu, Pasar Rebo, Pondok Gede, Ulujami, and Jagakarsa.[6]
There is a significant Chinese community which lives around Tangerang, called Cina Benteng, who have stopped speaking Chinese and now speak Betawi Language with noticeable influence of Chinese (mostly Hokkien) loanwords.
- ^ Betawi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Batavian at Ethnologue (27th ed., 2024)
- ^ Stevens, Alan M.; Schmidgall-Tellings, A. Ed. (2010). A Comprehensive Indonesian English Dictionary (2nd ed.). Athens, OH: Ohio University Press. p. 131.
- ^ Bowden, John. Towards an account of information structure in Colloquial Jakarta Indonesian. Proceedings of the International Workshop on Information Structure of Austronesian Languages, 10 April 2014. Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies. p. 194.
- ^ Kozok, Uli (2016), Indonesian Native Speakers – Myth and Reality (PDF), p. 15
- ^ "Documentation of Betawi". Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig. Archived from the original on 2013-12-03. Retrieved 2021-02-06.
