Petjo, also known as Petjoh, Petjok, Pecok, Petjoek is a Dutch-based creole language that originated among the Indos, people of mixed Dutch and Indonesian ancestry in the former Dutch East Indies. The language has influences from Dutch and then depending on the region Javanese, Malay, Sundanese and Betawi. Its speakers presently live mostly in Indonesia and the Netherlands. The language is expected to become gradually extinct by the end of the 21st century, due to Indos' shift toward Indonesian in Indonesia and Dutch in the Netherlands.
^Petjo at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Petjo, also known as Petjoh, Petjok, Pecok, Petjoek is a Dutch-based creole language that originated among the Indos, people of mixed Dutch and Indonesian...
of verbs; no past tense; no finite verb. It should not be confused with Petjo, a different Dutch- and Malay-based creole also spoken by Indo-Eurasians...
Sumba (Petjo: Soemba-eiland; Indonesian: pulau Sumba), natively also spelt as Humba or Hubba (in Sumba languages) is an Indonesian island (part of the...
/ˌjoʊɡjəˈkɑːrtə/ YOHG-yə-KAR-tə; Javanese: ꦔꦪꦺꦴꦒꦾꦏꦂꦠ Ngayogyakarta [ŋɑːˈjɔɡjɔˈkɑːrtɔ]; Petjo: Jogjakarta) is the capital city of the Special Region of Yogyakarta in...
Netherlands 458,000 (2001) Languages Dutch and Indonesian Historically Malay, Petjo and Javindo Religion Predominantly Christianity (Protestantism—especially...
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