Bahasa Melayu Papua
Papuan Malay
Austronesian (Malayic creole / Eastern Malay)
Papuan Malay is the eastern-Indonesian Malay-based contact language and lingua franca of the western half of New Guinea, structurally simplified relative to standard Indonesian (no voice-marking morphology, reduced affixation, preposed possessor "sa pu rumah" = "my house"). Distinct enough from Bahasa Indonesia that Kluge (2014) treats it as a separate language rather than a dialect. Carries strong substrate influence from local Papuan and Austronesian languages of the Cenderawasih Bay region.
Where it is spoken
20 core words in Papuan Malay
Water
air
/aer/
Fire
api
/ˈapi/
Sun
matahari
/mataˈhari/
Moon
bulan
/ˈbulan/
Mother
mama
/ˈmama/
Father
bapa
/ˈbapa/
Eat
makan
/ˈmakan/
Drink
minum
/ˈminum/
Love
sayang
/ˈsajaŋ/
Heart
hati
/ˈhati/
Tree
pohon
/ˈpohon/
House
rumah
/ˈrumah/
Dog
anjing
/ˈandʒiŋ/
Cat
kucing
/ˈkutʃiŋ/
Hand
tangan
/ˈtaŋan/
Eye
mata
/ˈmata/
Hello
halo
/ˈhalo/
Thank you
terima kasih
/təˈrima ˈkasih/
One
satu
/ˈsatu/
Good
bae
/ˈbae/
Sources
- Kluge, Angela (2014) A grammar of Papuan Malay. Language Science Press.
- Glottolog: Papuan Malay
- Ethnologue 27: Papuan Malay
Words compared
Compared with related Austronesian (Malayic creole / Eastern Malay) languages
| Meaning | Papuan Malay | Ambon Malay | Indonesian | Musi | North Moluccan Malay | Malay | Old Malay |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Water | air /aer/ | aer /aer/ | air /ˈa.ir/ | ayek /ajek/ | aer /aer/ | air /ˈa.ir/ | ayar /ajar/ |
| Fire | api /ˈapi/ | api /api/ | api /api/ | api /api/ | api /api/ | api /api/ | api /api/ |
| Sun | matahari /mataˈhari/ | mata hari /mata hari/ | matahari /matahari/ | matahari /matahari/ | matahari /matahari/ | matahari /matahari/ | matari /matari/ |
| Moon | bulan /ˈbulan/ | bulan /bulan/ | bulan /bulan/ | bulan /bulan/ | bulan /bulan/ | bulan /bulan/ | bulan /bulan/ |
| Mother | mama /ˈmama/ | mama /mama/ | ibu /ibu/ | mak /mak/ | mama /mama/ | ibu /ibu/ | ibu /ibu/ |
| Father | bapa /ˈbapa/ | papa /papa/ | ayah /ajah/ | bapak /bapak/ | papa /papa/ | ayah /ajah/ | bapa /bapa/ |
| Eat | makan /ˈmakan/ | makang /makaŋ/ | makan /makan/ | makan /makan/ | makang /makaŋ/ | makan /makan/ | makan /makan/ |
| Drink | minum /ˈminum/ | minong /minoŋ/ | minum /minum/ | minum /minum/ | minong /minoŋ/ | minum /minum/ | minum /minum/ |
| Love | sayang /ˈsajaŋ/ | sayang /sajaŋ/ | cinta /tʃinta/ | sayang /sajaŋ/ | cinta /tʃinta/ | cinta /tʃinta/ | sayang /sajaŋ/ |
| Heart | hati /ˈhati/ | hati /hati/ | hati /hati/ | hati /hati/ | hati /hati/ | hati /hati/ | hati /hati/ |
| Tree | pohon /ˈpohon/ | pohon /pohon/ | pohon /pohon/ | kayu /kaju/ | pohong /pohoŋ/ | pokok /pokoʔ/ | kayu /kaju/ |
| House | rumah /ˈrumah/ | ruma /ruma/ | rumah /rumah/ | rumah /rumah/ | ruma /ruma/ | rumah /rumah/ | rumah /rumah/ |
| Dog | anjing /ˈandʒiŋ/ | anjing /andʒiŋ/ | anjing /andʒiŋ/ | anjing /andʒiŋ/ | anjing /andʒiŋ/ | anjing /andʒiŋ/ | anjing /andʒiŋ/ |
| Cat | kucing /ˈkutʃiŋ/ | kucing /kutʃiŋ/ | kucing /kutʃiŋ/ | kucing /kutʃiŋ/ | ikung /ikuŋ/ | kucing /kutʃiŋ/ | kucing /kutʃiŋ/ |
| Hand | tangan /ˈtaŋan/ | tangang /taŋaŋ/ | tangan /taŋan/ | tangan /taŋan/ | tangang /taŋaŋ/ | tangan /taŋan/ | tangan /taŋan/ |
| Eye | mata /ˈmata/ | mata /mata/ | mata /mata/ | mato /mato/ | mata /mata/ | mata /mata/ | mata /mata/ |
| Hello | halo /ˈhalo/ | hela /hela/ | halo /ˈhalo/ | halo /halo/ | cerang /tʃeraŋ/ | hai /hai/ | — /—/ |
| Thank you | terima kasih /təˈrima ˈkasih/ | tarima kase /tarima kase/ | terima kasih /tərima kasih/ | terimo kasih /terimo kasih/ | tarima kase /tarima kase/ | terima kasih /tərima kasih/ | — /—/ |
| One | satu /ˈsatu/ | satu /satu/ | satu /satu/ | siko /siko/ | satu /satu/ | satu /satu/ | sa /sa/ |
| Good | bae /ˈbae/ | bagus /baɡus/ | baik /baiʔ/ | bagus /baɡus/ | bae /bae/ | baik /baiʔ/ | baik /baik/ |
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