Papuan Malay

E155135

Papuan Malay is an eastern Indonesian variety of Malay used as a lingua franca in Papua, characterized by distinctive phonological and grammatical features influenced by local Papuan languages.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Bahasa Papua 1
Papua Malay 1
Papuan Bazaar Malay 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Malay-based creole language
contact language
regional lingua franca
developedFrom Indonesian
Malay
differsFrom Ambon Malay
surface form: Ambonese Malay

Indonesian
surface form: Standard Indonesian
hasAlternativeName Papuan Malay
surface form: Bahasa Papua

Papuan Malay
surface form: Papua Malay

Papuan Malay
surface form: Papuan Bazaar Malay

Papuan Malay
surface form: Papuan Indonesian
hasContactType lexifier language Malay-Indonesian
substrate influence from Papuan languages
hasGlottocode papo1287
hasGrammaticalFeature frequent use of serial verb constructions
lack of verbal agreement morphology
reduced use of affixation compared to Standard Indonesian
simplified pronominal system compared to Standard Indonesian
use of preverbal particles for tense-aspect-mood
hasISOCode pmy
hasMorphologicalFeature tendency toward analytic structures
hasPhonologicalFeature frequent use of open syllables
limited consonant clusters
reduced vowel inventory compared to Standard Indonesian
hasSociolinguisticRole interethnic communication language in Papua
urban vernacular in Papuan towns
hasStatus unstandardized spoken variety
influencedBy Austronesian languages of eastern Indonesia
Papuan languages
languageBranch Malayo-Polynesian languages
surface form: Malayo-Polynesian
languageFamily Austronesian languages
surface form: Austronesian
region eastern Indonesia
spokenIn Highland Papua Province
Indonesia
Papua
surface form: Papua Province

South Papua Province
Southwest Papua Province
West Papua
surface form: West Papua Province
subclassOf Austronesian language
Malay language
usedAs lingua franca
usedBy speakers of diverse Papuan ethnic groups
usedInDomain education (informal contexts)
local media
market communication
religious activities
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Malayic languages hasMember Papuan Malay
Papuan Malay hasAlternativeName Papuan Malay
this entity surface form: Papua Malay
Papuan Malay hasAlternativeName Papuan Malay
this entity surface form: Papuan Indonesian
Papuan Malay hasAlternativeName Papuan Malay
this entity surface form: Bahasa Papua
Papuan Malay hasAlternativeName Papuan Malay
this entity surface form: Papuan Bazaar Malay