- Petjo language
Infobox Language
name=Petjo
region=Indonesia
speakers=
familycolor=Creole
fam1=Creole language
fam2=Dutch Creole
iso2=
iso3=peyPetjo, also known as Petjoh, Petjok, Pecok, is a Dutch-based creole language that originated among the Indos, people of mixed Dutch and Indonesian ancestry in
Indonesia . The language has influences from Dutch, Javanese andBetawi . Its speakers presently live mostly in Indonesia and theNetherlands . The language is expected to become extinct by the end of the 21st century.Just as the Indo European (Eurasian) community historically originated from relationships between European males and Indonesian females, its language reflects this same origin. Typified as a mixed marriage language, the grammar of Pecok is based on the maternal Malay language and the lexicon on the paternal Dutch language.
The main contact mechanisms responsible for the creation of Petjo are
lexical re-orientation; selective replication andconvergence . The original speakers of the language do not necessarily want to maintain their first language, but rather create a second one. These creative speakers of the language were probablybilingual , but more fluent in the dominant lingua franca i.e., nativeMalay language , thanDutch language .In its overall split between grammar and lexicon, the structure of Pecok is very similar to the
Media Lengua spoken in Ecuador by the Quechua Indians. With the critical difference that the much older language Pecok, has undergone late systemmorphemes and syntactic blends.Petjo should not be confused with Javindo, a different creole language spoken in Indonesia.
References
*Rickford, J.R. & Mc Worther, J (1997): “Language contact and language generation: Pidgins and Creoles”. In: F. Coulmas (red), The handbook of sociolinguistics. Oxford, Blackwell, p.238-256.
*Riyanto, Sugeng (1996): “Het ontstaan en de structuur van het Petjoek”, In: Darmojuwono, Setiawati; Suratminto, Lilie (red): Duapuluh lima tahun studi Belanda di Indonesia/ Vijfentwintig jaar studie Nederlands in Indonesië. p. 209-218
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