Papuan Malay

bahasa Melayu Papua

Papuan Malay is an Austronesian language spoken in Indonesia.

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Papuan Malay · 2.5°S 139.7°E

Papuan Malay or Irian Malay is a Malay-based creole language spoken in the Indonesian part of New Guinea. It emerged as a contact language among tribes in Indonesian New Guinea (now Papua, Central Papua, Highland Papua, South Papua, West Papua, and Southwest Papua) for trading and daily communication. Nowadays, it has a growing number of native speakers. In more recent times, the vernacular of Indonesian Papuans has been influenced by Standard Indonesian, the national standard dialect. It is spoken in Indonesian New Guinea alongside 274 other languages and functions as a lingua franca.

Papuan Malay belongs to the Malayic sub-branch within the Western-Malayo-Polynesian (WMP) branch of the Austronesian language family.

Some linguists have suggested that Papuan Malay has its roots in North Moluccan Malay, as evidenced by the number of Ternate loanwords in its lexicon. Others have proposed that it is derived from Ambonese Malay.

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Written down

Samua orang dilahirkan merdeka dan pu martabat dan hak-hak yang sama. Dorang dikaruniai akal dan hati nurani dan lebih baik bergaul satu sama lain dalam semangat persaudaraan.

Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR in Unicode).

Words in Papuan Malay

Meaning	Word	Romanization
person	oraN*
name	sEbut*
eye	mata*
ear	teliN*
nose	hiduN*
tooth	gigi*
tongue	lida*
hand	taNan*
blood	dara*
bone	tulaN*
skin	kulit*
knee	lutut*
liver	hati*
water	air*
fire	api*
star	bintaN*
stone	batu*
mountain	bukit*
tree	pohon*
leaf	dauN*
night	malam*
dog	anjiN*
fish	ikaN*
louse	kutu*
one	satu*
two	dua*
I	sa*
you	ko*
we	kita*
drink	minum*