| Also Known As: Manado Malay,Minahasan Malay,Menado Malay,Manadonese Malay
Description:
Manado Malay is a language spoken in Manado and the surrounding area. The local name of the language is Bahasa Manado, and the name Minahasa Malay is also used, after the main ethnic group speaking the language. Since Manado Malay is used only for spoken communication, there is no standard orthography.
Manado Malay is actually a creole of the Malay language. It differs from Malay in having a large number of Portuguese and Dutch loan words and in traits like for example its use of "kita" as a first person singular pronoun, while "kita" is a first person inclusive plural pronoun in Malay.
Most words have stress on the pre-final syllable:
But there are also many words with final stress:
Possessives are built by adding "pe" to the personal pronoun or name or noun, then followed by the 'possessed' noun. Thus "pe" has the function similar to English "'s" as in "the doctor's uniform".
Why = KYApa?
Where = di MAna?
Who = SApa?
Which one(s) = tu MAna?
Ada ('to be') can be used in Manadonese Malay to indicate the perfective aspect eg :
The final nasals /m/ and /n/ in Indonesian are replaced by the "-ng" group in Manado Malay, eg :
The ber prefix in Indonesian, which serves a function similar..... full article at Wikipedia |
