| Your first name |
Elsje |
| Your last name |
Manginsela |
| E-mail: |
elsje@hawaii.edu; paularmanginsela@yahoo.com |
| Preferred name(s) of your language |
Manadonese or Manado Malay |
| Alternative names |
Bahasa Manado or Malayu Manado |
| Language classification |
Creole, Malay based |
| Geographical areas where spoken |
Manado, North Sulawesi |
| Approximate number of monolingual speakers |
very few (?) |
| Approximate number of fluent speakers |
850,000 (2001). |
| Other languages spoken in area/country |
Indonesian, Minahasan, Sangerian, Bolaang Mongondow, and Gorontalonese languages |
| Official language(s) in your country |
Indonesian |
| Language(s) used at school as a child |
Javanese (Yogyakarta - Central Java), Manadonese and Indonesian |
| Language(s) used by teachers today |
Indonesian, Manadonese languages |
| Do the representatives of neighboring ethnic groups learn to speak your language |
Yes |
| If the answer to the above question is yes, please specify |
Sangerian, Bolaang Mongondow, and Gorontalonese languages |
| Does your language have a widely accepted writing system? |
Yes, we used indonesian writing system |
| If you answered yes, what materials are written? |
local news paper |
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| NUMBERS |
|
| one |
satu |
| two |
dua |
| three |
tiga |
| four |
ampat |
| five |
lima |
| six |
anam |
| seven |
tuju |
| eight |
lapan |
| nine |
sambilan |
| ten |
sapulu |
