Bahasa Melayu Scattered Frontier Bahasa Melayu Frontier Romande Netherlands Antilles Creole Malay Japanese Bamboo Malay |
Spoken natively in |
Territory of Frontier Settlements Area, Saba, Saint Martin and Sint Eustatius, Hōkaïdán, Judea and Nán'yō, few villages in Rintis Islands, Cyborges, Politama, Boninki Islands and Springwind Islands, and the Virgin Islands and SSS islands diaspora |
Number of speakers |
611,000 |
Language family |
Perak Malay-based creole
|
Writing system |
Latin |
Source |
Perak Malay, Kelantanese, Inland Terengganuan, Betawi, Taiwanese Hokkien, Arabic, Portuguese, Sangunese, Batavian |
Official status |
Official language in |
Territory of Frontier Settlements Area; also statutory status in TFSA as one of the languages for public transport announcements and for the naturalisation test |
Regulated by |
Ministry of Education in Republic of Oriental Hispanioéire Srieapska, Saint John, Rhodes and Ducie and relevant NGOs in Territory of Frontier Settlements Area, Territory of Saba, Saint Martin and Sint Eustatius and Territory of Hōkaïdán, Judea and Nán'yō |