Bazaar Malay
E583375
Bazaar Malay is a historical Malay-based trade pidgin that served as a lingua franca across maritime Southeast Asia, influencing later regional varieties such as Betawi Malay.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Malay-based pidgin
ⓘ
contact language ⓘ lingua franca ⓘ trade pidgin ⓘ |
| alternativeName |
Low Malay
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Pasar Malay NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | Malay language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| domain |
maritime trade
ⓘ
marketplaces ⓘ |
| function |
facilitated interethnic communication
ⓘ
facilitated trade ⓘ |
| grammaticalFeatures |
analytic structure
ⓘ
reduced inflection ⓘ simplified morphology ⓘ |
| hadInfluenceFrom |
Chinese languages
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Dutch language NERFINISHED ⓘ Portuguese language NERFINISHED ⓘ local Austronesian languages ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod |
colonial era in Southeast Asia
ⓘ
early modern period ⓘ |
| influenced |
Betawi Malay
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Peranakan Malay NERFINISHED ⓘ Singapore Bazaar Malay ⓘ various Malay-based creoles ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Austronesian languages ⓘ |
| lexifierLanguage | Malay language ⓘ |
| region |
Brunei
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Indonesia NERFINISHED ⓘ Malaysia NERFINISHED ⓘ Singapore NERFINISHED ⓘ coastal Borneo ⓘ southern Thailand NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status |
largely obsolete
ⓘ
superseded by local Malay varieties ⓘ |
| typologicalFeature |
SVO word order
ⓘ
lack of grammatical gender ⓘ use of reduplication ⓘ |
| usedAs |
lingua franca in maritime Southeast Asia
ⓘ
trade language ⓘ |
| usedBy |
colonial intermediaries
ⓘ
multiethnic urban communities ⓘ sailors ⓘ traders ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Malay Archipelago
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
maritime Southeast Asia ⓘ port towns of Southeast Asia ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Jawi script
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Latin alphabet ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
Referenced by (3)
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