Baba Malay is One of the Most Endangered Contact Languages in the World

The Bigger Picture · The Daily Digest · 11 Sept 2020 · 27 mins listen

Contact languages are created when groups of people who speak different languages come together and create a new language from their own ones - and today, many contact languages around the world are at risk of dying out. Among the most endangered, is Baba Malay, which originated in Melaka. We look at contact languages, and the challenges of preserving Baba Malay as a living language.

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Produced by:

Sharmilla Ganesan

Presented by:

Lim Sue Ann,Sharmilla Ganesan & Dashran Yohan

Categories:

Education,Personal Development,History,People and Places,Social Issues

Tags:

The Bigger Picture, The Daily Digest, Baba Nyonya, Baba Malay, Melaka, Singapore, contact languages

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