BFM 89.9

HIGHLIGHTS 
Podcast  >  Bigger Picture  >  The Daily Digest  >  Baba Malay is One of the Most Endangered Contact Languages in the World

Baba Malay is One of the Most Endangered Contact Languages in the World

Lee Yuen Thien, Manager, Baba Nyonya Heritage Museum, Vice-President, Baba & Nyonya Association of Malaysia | Emily Lim, Committee Member, Persatuan Peranakan Baba Nyonya Kuala Lumpur & Selangor

11-Sep-20 14:30

Baba Malay is One of the Most Endangered Contact Languages in the World

Contact languages are created when groups of people who speak different languages come together and create a new language from their own ones - and today, many contact languages around the world are at risk of dying out. Among the most endangered, is Baba Malay, which originated in Melaka. We look at contact languages, and the challenges of preserving Baba Malay as a living language. 

Image Source: Wikimedia Commons

Produced by: Sharmilla Ganesan

Presented by: Lim Sue Ann, Sharmilla Ganesan & Dashran Yohan


This and more than 60,000 other podcasts in your hand. Download the all new BFM mobile app.

Categories:  EducationPersonal DevelopmentHistoryPeople and PlacesSocial Issues

Tags:  The Bigger PictureThe Daily DigestBaba NyonyaBaba MalayMelakaSingaporecontact languages





Play / Pause

Listen now : BFM 89.9 -- The Business Station

Today’s Shows



6:00 AM

The 6AM Stretch

7:00 AM

World Market Watch

7:15 AM

Morning Brief

7:30 AM

Morning Brief

7:45 AM

Top Story

8:00 AM

The Breakfast Grille

8:30 AM

Morning Brief

8:45 AM

Morning Brief

9:00 AM

Opening Bell

9:15 AM

Opening Bell

9:35 AM

BBC

The Explanation:

10:05 AM

Open For Business

11:05 AM

P&L

12:00 PM

Enterprise Explores

1:00 PM

The Breakfast Grille Repeat

2:05 PM

Discovery Hour

Out of the Box #1: The Reggio Emilia Approach to Education; Joanna Menon Lim and Quek Sue Yian, Founders and Partners, Anyaman Preschool

3:05 PM

Earth Matters

Solid Waste Management: Act 672 Explained; Khor Sue Yee, Co-founder and Director, Zero Waste Malaysia | Tasha Sabapathy, Senior Programme and Communications Officer, Zero Waste Malaysia

4:05 PM

Health & Living

A Budget For The Future of Our Healthcare Workers; Dr Timothy Cheng, Chairman, MMA’s Section Concerning House Officers, Medical Officers, and Specialists (MMA SCHOMOS); Lim Jack Shen, General Secretary, Malaysian Pharmacists’ Society (MPS)

5:00 PM

Top 5 at 5

6:00 PM

Today I Learned

ASEAN for Beginners: What It Is and Why It Matters; Sharon Seah, Senior Fellow and Coordinator at the ASEAN Studies Centre at the ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute

7:00 PM

Just For Kicks

8:00 PM

GGWP

9:00 PM

Wavelength