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Pontianak Malay

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About you
1 Do you consider yourself to be a native or fluent speaker of this language? If not, what language do you feel most comfortable speaking? Yes, because I have been living in Pontianak for more than 14 years and have family there.
2 What other language(s) do you speak? How well do you speak each one? I also can speak Bahasa Indonesia and Palembang Malay besides Pontianak Malay. I can speak Palembang Malay because I was born and raised in Palembang (South Sumatera) for 18 years. I always speak with my mother and brothers using Palembang Malay. Bahasa Indonesia is my national language which I use for formal meetings.
3 What ethnic group do you identify with? Malay
4 What kind of work does you family do? government employee
5 What is your highest level of education? I am a graduate student, having finished my bachelor degree in Pontianak
6 How threatened do you think your language is? Nowadays Malay can be considered as one of many endangered languages because today's generation mostly use Indonesian slang influenced by mass media such as television. Moreover, many of them tend to not use Malay Pontianak.
7 Would you want your child to attend vernacular education programs? Elementary, Secondary, University? No, because in our daily life we always use Pontianak Malay within my family in Pontianak
In your home community
8 How often do you speak your language? Daily, weekly, monthly, never? Daily
9 How often do you speak your national language? Daily, weekly, monthly, never? Daily
10 How often do you speak your language? Daily, weekly, monthly, never?

You to them Them to you
11 In what language(s) do you speak with your parents? Palembang Malay
 Palembang  Malay
12 In what languages(s) do you speak with your grandparents? Palembang Malay
 Palembang Malay
13 In what language(s) do you speak with your brother(s)? Palembang Malay
 Palembang Malay
14 In what language(s) do you speak with your sister(s)? Palembang Malay
 Palembang Malay
15 If you are married, in what language(s) do you speak with your spouse? Pontianak Malay
 Pontianak Malay
16 If you have children, in what language(s) do you speak with your children? Pontianak Malay
 Pontianak Malay



17 If you have children, in what language(s) does your spouse speak with your children? Pontianak Malay
 Pontianak Malay



18 What language do you speak to the merchants at the bazaar/market? Pontianak Malay (in Pontianak), and Indonesian (other Provinces)
 Mostly Indonesian
19 What language do you speak to the merchants in the stores? Pontianak Malay (in Pontianak), and Indonesian (other Provinces) Pontianak Malay (in Pontianak), and Indonesian (other Provinces)
20 What language do you use for communication with members of local government? Sometimes Pontianak Malay, Mostly Indonesian Sometimes Pontianak Malay, Mostly Indonesian
21 What language do you use for communication with members of regional government? Sometimes Pontianak Malay, Mostly Indonesian
 Sometimes Pontianak Malay, Mostly Indonesian
22 What language do you use for communication with members of national government? What language do they use with you? Indonesian
 Indonesian
23 What language do you use speak to your religious leaders? Pontianak Malay
 Pontianak Malay
24 What language do you speak to someone you do not know? Sometimes Pontianak Malay, Mostly Indonesian Sometimes Pontianak Malay, Mostly Indonesian

25 What language will a religious leader use to conduct a ritual? Sometimes Pontianak Malay, Mostly Indonesian
26 Do you speak your language to members of neighboring ethnic groups? If so, which one(s) and how often? Only sometimes, mostly I use Bahasa Indonesia
27 Do you ever speak the language of neighboring ethnic groups with members of those groups? If so, which one(s) and how often? Never
28 Are there any members of your ethnic group who cannot speak your language? If yes, where? No one
29 Are there any members of your ethnic group who speak your language differently from you? If yes, where? No one
30 Do most children in your community speak your language fluently? If, not what percent speak fluently? Yes, they speak Pontianak Malay fluently

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