Iha (Kapaur) is a Papuan language spoken on the tip of the Bomberai Peninsula. It is the basis of a pidgin used as the local trade language. Marginal...

Papua. Despite the small number of speakers, it is the basis of a local pidgin. It has 18 consonants and 5 vowels. Onin at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)...

("trade language") that was called Bazaar Malay or low Malay and in Malay Melayu Pasar. It is generally believed that Bazaar Malay was a pidgin, influenced...

of the mountain' iha meza leten — ' on the table' iha kadeira okos — ' under the chair' iha rai li'ur — ' outside the country' iha ema (nia) leet — '...

Saparua is an Austronesian language spoken in Maluku of eastern Indonesia. Dialects are diverse, and Latu might be included as one. Saparua is currently...

Papuan languages and some of languages spoken in Sulawesi, such as Buginese and Cia-Cia. Roughly around 60 out of 200 attested words in this language were...

(Lia-Tetun) Ema hotu hotu moris hanesan ho dignidade ho direitu. Sira hotu iha hanoin, konsiensia n'e duni tenki hare malu hanesan espiritu maun-alin. Dawan...

Javindo, also known by the pejorative name Krontjong, is a Dutch-based creole language spoken on Java, Indonesia. The name Javindo is a portmanteau of...

Chinese men and Balinese women in Batavia converted to Islam and spoke a pidgin that was later creolized, and then decreolized incorporating many elements...

Portugis, or Ternateño, was a Portuguese-based creole language spoken by Christians of mixed Portuguese and Malay ancestry in the islands of Ambon and...

Austronesian language spoken in the Tukangbesi Islands in southeast Sulawesi in Indonesia by a quarter million speakers. A Tukang Besi pidgin is used in...

Taria), is a Lakes Plain language of Irian Jaya, Indonesia. Rumaropen, Benny. 2006. Survey Report on the Diebrou Language of Papua, Indonesia. Unpublished...

Kupang Malay is a Malay-based creole language spoken in Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara, which is on the west end of Timor Island. Kupang Malay is presently...

North Maluku region. This language should be distinguished from Ternate Malay (North Moluccan Malay), a local Malay-based creole which it has heavily...

Prometheus. Rickford, J.R. & Mc Worther, J (1997): “Language contact and language generation: Pidgins and Creoles”. In: F. Coulmas (red), The handbook of...

Kwerba is a Papuan language of Indonesia. Alternate names are Airmati (Armati), Koassa, Mataweja, Naibedj, Segar Tor, Tekutameso. Kwerba is spoken in Apiaweti...

Papuan language of Citak-Mitak subdistrict (Kecamatan), Mappi Regency, Indonesia. It is called by its speaker Kau Adagum (lit., Kau Language), Citak...

Kopkaka (Kopka) is one of the Ok languages of West Papua. Kopkaka at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required) Kwer at Ethnologue (18th ed....

Alor Malay is a Malay-based creole language spoken in the Alor archipelago of Indonesia. Speakers perceive Alor Malay to be a different register of standard...

Nimboran (Nambrong, Namblong, Namlong) is a Papuan language of Nimboran District, Jayapura Regency, Indonesia spoken by mostly older adults. Younger generations...

Lists: Vocabularies in Languages of Indonesia, Vol.5/2: Irian Jaya: Papuan Languages, Northern Languages, Central Highlands Languages. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics...

Austronesian languages: a preliminary investigation." Studies in Languages and Cultures of East Timor 1:97-202. Hull, Geoffrey. 2003. Lia-Bekais nia Fatin iha Dalen-Lubun...

Mlap, or Kwansu (obsolete), is a Papuan language of Indonesia. It is spoken just to the west of Lake Sentani. Mlap at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription...

Manem, or Jeti (Yeti), is a Papuan language of Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea, and Indonesian Papua. In Indonesia, it is spoken in Wembi, Mannem District...

Kwerba languages within the Trans–New Guinea family, and it does share about 20% of its vocabulary with neighboring Kwerba languages. However, based on its...

Awyi (Awye) is a Papuan language of Indonesian Papua. It is spoken in Arso District, Keerom Regency. Awyi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription...

Tsaukambo or Tsakwambo (Kotogüt) is one of the Greater Awyu languages of West Papua. Tsaukambo at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)...

[na'ʁaj] is an Ok language of West Papua. Two of the three dialects, which pronounce the ethnonym Nagi, may be a distinct language. Nakai at Ethnologue...

Jofotek-Bromnya is a Papuan language of Sarmi Regency, Papua, Indonesia. There are two dialects: Bromnya dialect, spoken in Srum village, Bonggo subdistrict...

Betaf, or Tena, is a Papuan language of Indonesia. Betaf at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required) v t e...