Manado Malay
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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, after the main ethnic group speaking the language. Since Manado Malay is used only for spoken communication, there is no standard orthography.
Manado Malay is closely related to standard Indonesian.
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Grammar
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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, correct, true' |
| toLOR | 'egg' |
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Pronouns
| kita | 'I / me' |
| ngana | 'you (singular)' |
| dia | 'he / she' |
| torang | 'we' |
| ngoni | 'you (plural)' |
| dorang | 'they' |
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Possessives
| kita pe oto | 'my car' |
| Mimi pe mama | 'the mother of Mimi' |