Also Known As:
Chinese Malay, Baba, Straits Malay, Bahasa Peranakan, Malay, Baba
Dialects & Varieties
- Melacca
- Penang
- Singapore
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Critically Endangered
100 percent certain, based on the evidence available
2,000
Native Speakers Worldwide
Speaker Number Trends
Speaker Number Trend 5
A small percentage of the community speaks the language, and speaker numbers are decreasing very rapidly.
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Domains of Use
Domain Of Use 5
Used only in a few very specific domains, such as in ceremonies, songs, prayer, proverbs, or certain limited domestic activities.
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Transmission
Transmission 5
There are only a few elderly speakers.
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Bibliography
Bibliography of Vitality:
Nala Huiying Lee. 2014. A Grammar of Baba Malay with Sociophonetic Considerations. PhD thesis, University of Hawaiʿi at Mānoa.
Bibliography of Locations:
"Glottolog." Online: http://www.glottolog.org/glottolog/.
Bibliography of Context:
Nala Huiying Lee. 2014. A Grammar of Baba Malay with Sociophonetic Considerations. PhD thesis, University of Hawaiʿi at Mānoa.