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What Value Example / Explanation
Proposal
Language code pey (SIL, Glottolog) A valid ISO 639-1 or 639-3 language code, like "fr", "de", "nso", ...
Language name Petjo Language name in English
Language name Petjoh Language name in your language. This will appear in the language list on Special:Preferences, in the interwiki sidebar on other wikis, ...
Language Wikidata item Q940486 - item has currently the following values:
 Item about the language at Wikidata. It would normally include the Wikimedia language code, name of the language, etc. Please complete at Wikidata if needed.
Directionality LTR Is the language written from left to right (LTR) or from right to left (RTL)?
Links Links to previous requests, or references to external websites or documents.
Site URL pey.wikipedia.org langcode.wikiproject.org

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Proposal

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Petjo (usually written as Petjoh in Petjo) is a Dutch-based creole spoken mostly by the Indos, people of mixed Dutch and Indonesian ancestry. This language is lexically mainly based on the Dutch language with the syntax mainly based on the Batavian/Betawi language.[1][2] Nowadays, this language stands as an endangered language—with not so many native speakers—that needs a serious effort in revitalisation.[3] Fortunately, this language still has a good and clear documentation, although the number is not vast, that makes this language still have a chance to be preserved and revitalised. For example, there are about 42 mini-stories under the series titled Ik en Bentiet (from 1958 to 1967) written by Tjalie Robinson (or Vincent Mahieu; originally Jan Boon), a prominent Indo-Dutch author who wrote many books about life in the East Indies both in Dutch and Petjo. Hence, we can base the written form of the language.

Here are listed several works that are useful in helping the preservation effort of the language.

Literary works

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Lexicographical works

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  • Cress, Richard. (1998). Petjoh: Woorden en wetenswaardigheden uit het Indische verleden. Prometheus.

Grammatical works

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  • van Rheeden, Hadewych A. (1995). Het Petjo van Batavia : ontstaan en structuur van de taal van de Indo's. Amsterdam: Universiteit van Amsterdam, Instituut voor Algemene Taalwetenschap.

Note: This Wikipedia project can be done by Petjo native speakers, Petjo speakers, and also Dutch-speaking Batavians/Indonesians and/or Batavian/Indonesian-speaking Dutch.

Discussion

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References

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  1. ↑ van Rheeden, Hadewych (1994), "Tjalie Robinson en het Petjo", in Paasman, Bert; et al., Tjalie Robinson, de stem van Indisch Nederland, Stichting Tong Tong, p. 46 
  2. ↑ Cress, Richard (1998), Petjoh: Woorden en wetenswaardigheden uit het Indische verleden, Prometheus, p. 18 
  3. ↑ "Petjo". Ethnologue. Retrieved 2024-01-30. 
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