Balinese Malay | |
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Loloan Malay | |
Omong Kampong | |
Native to | Indonesia |
Region | Bali (especially in Jembrana) |
Ethnicity | Loloan Malays |
Native speakers | (25,000 cited 2000) [1] |
Malay-based creole
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Latin Arab-Malay (Jawi) Balinese | |
Official status | |
Recognised minority language in | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | mhp |
Glottolog | bali1279 |
Balinese Malay (Omong Kampong) [2] is a Malay-based creole language spoken in Bali, among the local Muslim community, known as Loloan Malays. [1] It is the language of the mixed population of the East Loloan and West Loloan villages. [2]
According to data from 2000, it is spoken by 25,000 people. Ethnologue classifies the language as Endangered. [1]