Baba Malay

Facts

Language: Baba Malay
Alternate names: Chinese Malay, Baba, Straits Malay, Bahasa Peranakan, Malay, Baba
Language code: mbf
Language family: Creole, Malay based (SIL classification)
Creole language
Number of speakers: 2,000
Vulnerability: Endangered
Script: Latin script.

More information:

According to Lee (2014), it is still disputed whether Baba Malay is a creole because it lacks lots of things considered by many scholars necessary for a language to fit the definition of a creole language. Baba Malay may be a mixed language, a simplified trade language, or perhaps a real creole.