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About Betawi

Betawi or Batavian (known natively as Basa Betawi بهاس بتاوى) is an ethnic language spoken predominantly by the Batavian (Betawi) people, native to the northern coastal region of western Java.

Overview adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Photography via Wikimedia Commons.

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