Betawi in Indonesia

2. Status

Status

Official country wide language
Official regional language
Official minority language
Recognised community language
Unrecognised community language

National language

No

Indigenous language

Yes

Administrative units of the country

Jakarta, Bekasi, Tangerang, Depok, Bogor

Comments

Betawi is a dialect of Malay, one of a local language (bahasa daerah) in Indonesia.

3. State

Documentation: materials

Written

Extended corpora
Annotated corpora
Corpus/corpora
Materials/corpus
Some materials
No materials

Digital

Yes

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Video

Extended corpora
Annotated corpora
Corpus/corpora
Materials/corpus
Some materials
No materials

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Audio

Extended corpora
Annotated corpora
Corpus/corpora
Materials/corpus
Some materials
No materials

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Documentation: descriptions

Elaborated dictionaries, grammars, statistical language models, etc.
Dictionaries and grammars
Dictionary and grammar
Glossary and descriptions
Few descriptions
No descriptions

Digital

Yes

Comments

Kamus Bahasa Betawi (Play Store)

Standardization

Modern standard language
Young standard language
Standardised language
Quasi-standard language
Semi-standardised language
Un-standardised language

Graphisation & script encoding

Standardised writing system with full script encoding
Conventionalised writing system with partial script encoding
Consistent writing system with no script encoding
Unsystematic writing system(s)
Limited written use
No written use

Comments

In Betawi manuscripts, the Betawi language is written in Jawi script. According to the informant, there are still some people over the age of 65 who are able to write Betawi with the Jawi script. But now in general the Betawi language is written in Latin script.

4. Users

Geographical distribution

Users live and dominate in all regions of the country
Users live in one [state/...] of the country
Users live in a cross-border region [state/...] of the country
Users live in separated [states/...] of the country
Users live dispersed across one [state/...] of the country
Users live scattered all over the country

Settlements

Rural
Urban

Administrative units of the country

Jakarta, Bekasi, Tangerang, Depok, Bogor

Comments

Currently, the Betawi people are only scattered in several areas of Jakarta, such as Cengkareng, Tanah Abang, Rawa belong, Jagakarsa, Condet, Marunda, and Cempaka Putih. Betawi language is only used by some people in the area.

Size / Number of users

Number of users

1773590

Source

Indonesia Population: Result of Population Census 2010 (BPS-Statistics Indonesia)

Year

2010

Comments

This figure represents the number of Betawi language users in daily communication in DKI Jakarta and West Java.

Users within total population

0.95000

Less than 1% use the language

PROPORTION

1

Source

Indonesia Population: Result of Population Census 2010 (BPS-Statistics Indonesia)

Year

2010

Users within the reference community

Less than 10% use the language

Actual percentage

3

Source

Indonesia Population: Result of Population Census 2010 (BPS-Statistics Indonesia)

Year

2010

Age distribution of users

476,361

21

percentage of members of young generations (< 15)

Source

Indonesia Population: Result of Population Census 2010 (BPS-Statistics Indonesia)

Year

2010

Comments

This number is the percentage proportion of users within total population

Age distribution of users

1,691,101

75

percentage of members of middle generations (15-65)

Source

Indonesia Population: Result of Population Census 2010 (BPS-Statistics Indonesia)

Year

2010

Comments

This number is the percentage proportion of users within total population

Age distribution of users

80,115

4

percentage of members of older generations (> 65)

Source

Indonesia Population: Result of Population Census 2010 (BPS-Statistics Indonesia)

Year

2010

Comments

This number is the percentage proportion of users within total population

Generational use

51

48

1,771,216

Limited to middle and older generations

Source

Indonesia Population: Result of Population Census 2010 (BPS-Statistics Indonesia)

Year

2010

Educational attainment

Occupational qualifications

Elementary occupations

Craft and related trades workers

Services and sales workers

Technicians and associate professionals

Professionals

Managers

Language competence

Understand some, speak/sign little

Understand well, speak/sign some

Understand all, speak/sign well

Understand all, speak/sign fluently

Literacy of users

Less than 10% of users with literacy in the language

Digital use

Less than 10% digital users of the language

5. Use

Socio-geographic dimension

Geographic scope

International
Supranational
Cross-border (states)
State-wide
Supra-regional cross-border
Supra-regional
Regional cross-border
Regional
Local

Source

Survei on Betawi vitality conducted by the Agency of Language Development and Cultivation (2018, 2022)

Comments

Jakarta, Bekasi, Tangerang, Depok, Bogor

Economic dimension

Economic scope

Quinary sector
Quaternary sector
Tertiary sector
Secondary sector
Primary sector
Language not used

Comments

Betawi is not used in intellectual activities, service industry and manufacturing of finished goods.

Functional dimension

Functional scope

Public domains
Everyday domains
Private domains

Nature

equal

Stability

Decreasing

Functional scope

Public domains
Everyday domains
Private domains

Nature

equal

Stability

Decreasing

Functional scope

Public domains
Everyday domains
Private domains

Stability

Decreasing

Functional use in administration

Language use in administration

International level
National level
Regional level
Local level
Auxiliary use
No use

Types of language use

signed / spoken use
written use
digital use

Ethnoculture

No use
Informal learning
Skills and knowledge
Performing arts
Social practices
Customary law
Traditional medicine
Knowledge and practices
Traditions and expressions

Formal Education

Public healthcare

Information, communication and cultural production

Digital sphere

Language not used
Texting and messaging
Social media
Blogs, web pages, e-books
Edutainment products and services
Social media have a localized interface
Localized web search and e-commerce services
Localized operating systems
Machine translation
Top level domain name

Language not used
Texting and messaging
Social media
Blogs, web pages, e-books
Edutainment products and services
Social media have a localized interface
Localized web search and e-commerce services
Localized operating systems
Machine translation
Top level domain name

Legal system

Language use in the legal system

General use
Legal transactions
Court proceedings
Written submissions
Spoken/signed testimonies
Language not used

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