Javindo language

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Javindo
Spoken in: Java, Indonesia
Language extinction: 20th century
Language family: Creole language
 Dutch Creole
  Javindo
Language codes
ISO 639-1: none
ISO 639-2: crp
ISO 639-3: jvd – tentative [1]

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.

It should not be confused with Petjo, a different Dutch- and Malay-based creole also spoken in Indonesia.

[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.