Malay Trade and Creole Languages - Malaccan Creole Malay

Malaccan Creole Malay
Chitties Creole Malay
Spoken natively in Malaysia
Native speakers 300 (no date)
Language family Malay-based creole
  • Malaccan Creole Malay
Language codes
ISO 639-3 ccm

Spoken since the 16th century by descendents of Tamil merchants of the Malacca Straits. It may be historically related to Sri Lanka Creole Malay.

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