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Betawi
Bahasa Betawi
Spoken in	Jakarta (Indonesia)
Total speakers	2.7 million (1993)
Language family	Malay creole Betawi
Language codes
ISO 639-1	none
ISO 639-2	bew
ISO 639-3	bew
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The Betawi language is the spoken language of the Betawi people in Jakarta, Indonesia. It is the native language of about 2,700,000 people (1993). It is a Malay-based creole.

The name Betawi stems from Batavia, the official name for Jakarta during the era of the Dutch East Indies.

[edit] External links

• Entry at Ethnologue