Jakarta Indonesian

E583376

Jakarta Indonesian is an urban variety of Indonesian shaped by the speech of Jakarta’s multiethnic population, characterized by informal expressions, distinctive slang, and strong Betawi influence.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Jakarta Indonesian canonical 3
Jakartan Indonesian 2
Bahasa Jakarta 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf colloquial register ⓘ
urban dialect ⓘ
variety of Indonesian language ⓘ
associatedWith Betawi ethnic group ⓘ
linked to: Betawi people

Indonesian urban slang ⓘ
Jakarta youth culture ⓘ
contrastWith Standard Indonesian ⓘ
linked to: Indonesian
country Indonesia ⓘ
developedFrom contact between Standard Indonesian and Betawi Malay ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Bahasa Jakarta ⓘ
linked to: Jakarta Indonesian

Jakartan Indonesian ⓘ
linked to: Jakarta Indonesian
hasFeature code-switching with English ⓘ
code-switching with Standard Indonesian ⓘ
distinctive slang vocabulary ⓘ
frequent clipping of words ⓘ
phonological simplification in casual speech ⓘ
reduced morphology compared to Standard Indonesian ⓘ
use of Betawi-origin particles ⓘ
use of expressive interjections ⓘ
use of first-person pronoun ‘gue’ ⓘ
use of second-person pronoun ‘lu’ ⓘ
use of sentence-final particles like ‘dong’ and ‘deh’ ⓘ
influencedBy Arabic loanwords ⓘ
Betawi language ⓘ
Chinese Indonesian speech ⓘ
Dutch loanwords ⓘ
English loanwords ⓘ
Jakarta Malay ⓘ
linked to: Betawi Malay

Javanese language ⓘ
Sundanese language ⓘ
languageFamily Austronesian languages ⓘ
notOfficialLanguageOf Indonesia ⓘ
region Greater Jakarta metropolitan area ⓘ
linked to: Greater Jakarta
register colloquial ⓘ
informal ⓘ
spokenIn Jakarta ⓘ
status informal spoken norm in Jakarta ⓘ
non-standard variety of Indonesian ⓘ
subfamily Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ
timePeriod 20th century emergence ⓘ
usedAs lingua franca among Jakarta residents ⓘ
usedBy Jakarta popular culture ⓘ
multiethnic population of Jakarta ⓘ
urban youth in Jakarta ⓘ
usedIn Indonesian films set in Jakarta ⓘ
Indonesian social media ⓘ
Jakarta street interactions ⓘ
Jakarta television shows ⓘ
writingSystem Latin script ⓘ
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Betawi Malay → hasInfluenceOn → Jakarta Indonesian ⓘ
Manado Malay → distinctFrom → Jakarta Indonesian ⓘ
Betawi language → closelyRelatedTo → Jakartan Indonesian ⓘ
linked to: Jakarta Indonesian
Jakarta Indonesian → hasAlternativeName → Bahasa Jakarta ⓘ
linked to: Jakarta Indonesian
Jakarta Indonesian → hasAlternativeName → Jakartan Indonesian ⓘ
linked to: Jakarta Indonesian
influenced by Malay → appliesToLanguage → Jakarta Indonesian ⓘ