Petjo

Conjugate Verbs

Facts

  • Language: Petjo
  • Alternate names: Peco’, Pecok, Petjoh
  • Language code: pey
  • Language family: Indo-European, Classical Indo-European, Germanic, Northwest Germanic, West Germanic, Macro-Dutch, Middle-Modern Dutch, Modern Dutch, Global Dutch
  • Creole language
  • Number of speakers: There are still L2 speakers and some L1 speakers (Wurm 2007).
  • Vulnerability: Endangered [Read more...]
  • Script:

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    Introduction

    Petjo, also known as Petjoh, Petjok, Pecok, Petjoek is a Dutch-based creole language that originated among the Indos, people of mixed Dutch and Indonesian ancestry in the former Dutch East Indies. The language has influences from Dutch, Javanese and Betawi. Its speakers presently live mostly in Indonesia and the Netherlands. The language is expected to become gradually extinct by the end of the 21st century, due to Indos' shift toward Indonesian in Indonesia and Dutch in the Netherlands.

    The Petjo Verb