Melayu Papua
Kode: pmy
Nama: Melayu Papua
Papua :: Widespread. 1,100,000 (Kluge 2014), all users.
L1 Users: 500,000 (Clouse 2000), increasing.
Bahasa Tanah, Logat Papua.
Creole, Malay based
North Papua Malay, Serui Malay, Bird’s Head Malay, South Coast Malay. Reportedly similar to both Ambonese Malay
abs and Manado Malay
xmm. Regional variations are minor and support at most a possible dialectal East-West divide (Scott et al 2008:22–100).
Melayu Papua.
3 (Wider communication). LWC in the coastal areas of West Papua. Became an LWC mostly as a result of Dutch colonial language policies in the early 20th century, and before that, to a rather limited extent, through trade (Kluge 2014:11–15).
Christian, Muslim, traditional religion.
Malay, Papuan:
Agama Primer | : | Islam |
Penganut Kristen | : | 1.5% |
Persentase Penginjilan | : | 0.1% |
Jendela 10/40 | : | Y |
Ethnologue: pmy