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Baba Malay

Malay-based pidgin spoken in Melaka
Intangible pidgin Q18642798
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Baba Malay

Summary

Baba Malay is a pidgin[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • Baba Malay is in the country of Malaysia[3].
  • Baba Malay is in the country of Singapore[4].
  • Baba Malay's instance of is recorded as pidgin[5].
  • Baba Malay's instance of is recorded as modern language[6].
  • Baba Malay is a type of Malay trade and creole languages[7].
  • Baba Malay's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Baba Malay language[8].
  • Baba Malay's number of speakers, writers, or signers is recorded as {'amount': '+12000'}[9].
  • Baba Malay's indigenous to is recorded as Malacca[10].
  • Baba Malay's exact match is recorded as https://apics-online.info/contributions/67[11].
  • Baba Malay's exact match is recorded as https://grambank.clld.org/languages/baba1267[12].
  • Baba Malay's Ethnologue language status is recorded as 8a Moribund[13].

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Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include pidgin[5] and modern language[6]. Baba Malay is a type of Malay trade and creole languages[7].

Why It Matters

Baba Malay has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2] It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

Related Entities

Malaysia Singapore

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . scriptsource.org. Retrieved . scriptsource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . scriptsource.org. Retrieved . scriptsource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . iso639-3.sil.org. iso639-3.sil.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . Ethnologue. Retrieved . ethnologue.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic's main category → Category:Baba Malay language
    Aliases → —
    Subclass of → Malay trade and creole languages
    Number of speakers, writers, or signers → {'amount': '+12000'}
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007532608605171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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