Manado Malay is a language spoken in Manado and the surrounding area. The local name of the language is Bahasa Manado, and the name Minahasa Malay is also used. Since Manado Malay is used only for spoken communication, there is no standard orthography.
Manado Malay is related to standard Indonesian, but the two languages are not mutually intelligible.
Grammar
Word stress
Most words have stress on the pre-final syllable:
| kaDEra
| 'chair'
|
| STEnga
| 'half'
|
But there are also many words with final stress:
| buTUL
| 'right'
|
| toLOR
| 'egg'
|
Pronouns
| kita
| 'I'
|
| ngana
| 'you (singular)'
|
| dia
| 'he / she'
|
| torang
| 'we' |
| ngoni
| 'you (plural)'
|
| dorang
| 'they'
|
Possessives
| kita pe oto
| 'my car'
|
| Mimi pe mama
| 'the mother of Mimi'
|
