Betawi language
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| Betawi Bahasa Betawi |
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| Spoken in: | Jakarta (Indonesia) | |
| Total speakers: | 2.7 million (1993) | |
| Language family: | Malay creole Betawi |
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| Language codes | ||
| ISO 639-1: | none | |
| ISO 639-2: | bew | |
| ISO 639-3: | bew | |
| Note: This page may contain IPA phonetic symbols in Unicode. | ||
The Betawi language is the spoken language of the Betawi people in Jakarta, Indonesia. It is the native language of about 2,700,000 people (1993). It is a Malay-based creole.
The name Betawi stems from Batavia, the official name for Jakarta during the era of the Dutch East Indies.
