Manado Malay language
| Manado Malay | |
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| Bahasa Manado | |
| Native to | Indonesia |
| Region | North Sulawesi |
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Native speakers
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850,000 (2001) |
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Malay Creole
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | |
| Glottolog | mala1481 |
Manado Malay, or simply the Manado language, is a creole language spoken in Manado, the capital of North Sulawesi province in Indonesia, and the surrounding area. The local name of the language is Bahasa Manado, and the name Minahasa Malay is also used, after the main ethnic group speaking the language. Since Manado Malay is used only for spoken communication, there is no standard orthography.
Manado Malay is a creole of the Malay language. It differs from Malay in having a large number of Portuguese and Dutch loan words as a result of colonisation and having traits such as its use of "kita" as a first person singular pronoun, while "kita" is a first person inclusive plural pronoun in Malay. Simple Manado Malay sentences can be understood by speakers of standard Malay, albeit with varying degrees of difficulty.
Most words have stress on the pre-final syllable:
But there are also many words with final stress:
Possessives are built by adding "pe" to the personal pronoun or name or noun, then followed by the 'possessed' noun. Thus "pe" has the function similar to English "'s" as in "the doctor's uniform".
The following are the interrogative words or "w-words" in Manado Malay:
Ada ('to be') can be used in Manado Malay to indicate the perfective aspect, e.g.:
The final nasals /m/ and /n/ in Indonesian are replaced by the "-ng" group in Manado Malay, similar with Terengganu dialect of Malaysia, e.g.:
The ber- prefix in Indonesian, which serves a function similar to the English -ing, is modified into ba- in Manado Malay. E.g.: bajalang (berjalan, walking), batobo (berenang, swimming), batolor (bertelur, laying eggs)
° = ng, n, or m depending on phonological context.
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