Javindo
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Javindo | ||
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Spoken in: | Java, Indonesia | |
Language extinction: | 20th century | |
Language family: | Dutch-based creole Javindo |
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Language codes | ||
ISO 639-1: | none | |
ISO 639-2: | crp | |
ISO 639-3: | jvd — tentative [1] | |
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Javindo, also known by the pejorative name Krontjong, was a Dutch-based creole language spoken on Java, Indonesia. The name Javindo is a portmanteau of Java and Indo, the Dutch word for a person of mixed Indonesian and Dutch descent.
[edit] Further reading
- De Gruiter, Miel (1994). "Javindo, a contact language in pre-war Semarang", in Peter Bakker & Maarten Mous: Mixed Languages: 15 Case Studies in Language Intertwining. Amsterdam: IFOTT, 151–159.