Alor Malay

Alor Malay
Melayu Alor
Native toIndonesia
RegionAlor Archipelago
Malay Creole
Language codes
ISO 639-3–
Glottologalor1252

Alor Malay is a Malay-based creole language spoken in the Alor archipelago of Indonesia. Speakers perceive Alor Malay to be a different register of standard Indonesian, but both of these are prestige varieties of the archipelago. Many people are able to understand standard Indonesian, but cannot speak it fluently and choose to use Alor Malay on a daily basis.[1]

Alor Malay is based on Kupang Malay; however, Alor Malay differs significantly from Kupang Malay, especially in its pronouns.[2] Before Alor Malay became lingua franca, Alorese language served as a lingua franca in the Alor-Pantar archipelago before Malay began to be widely used.[3]

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  2. ^ Klamer, Marion (2014). "The Alor-Pantar languages: Linguistic context, history and typology.". In Klamer, Marian (ed.). Alor Pantar languages: History and Typology. Berlin: Language Sciences Press. pp. 5–53. doi:10.17169/FUDOCS_document_000000020993. ISBN 9783944675602.
  3. ^ Sulistyono, Yunus (2019). "Kajian Fonologi Historis Bahasa Alor (Alorese)" [Study of Historical Phonology of the Alor Language (Alorese)] (PDF). Prosiding seminar internasional kebahasaan: memajukan peran bahasa dalam kancah kontemporer bahasa Indonesia: penguatan strategi dan diplomasi kebahasaan di berbagai bidang. Seminar Internasional Kebahasaan (in Indonesian). Cikini, Indonesdia: Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology. pp. 923–932.