Datapoint Batavia Creole/Interrogative pronouns

There is no example of 'who' in the Batavia corpus; Tugu has the single-word expression keng.
In the Batavia corpus, kilay (literally ki lay 'what sort') is always written in one word; an allomorph klay is also used. This allomorph shows that, in spite of lay 'sort' being used independently of kilay, this interrogative pronoun was on its way to become, synchronically, a single-word expression.

Values

Two compound expressions

Example 43-24:
Undi dja anda?
Undi
where
dja
pfv
anda?
go
Where did he go?

Source: Philippe 2011: 144

Example 43-25:
Ki ora ile lo bira torna?
Ki
what
ora
hour
ile
3sg
lo
fut
bira
come.back
torna?
rep
When will he come back again?

Source: Philippe 2011: 74

Example 43-26:
Kilay Sinyoro teng?
Kilay
what.sort
Sinyoro
Mr
teng?
cop
How are you?

Source: Philippe 2011: 51

Confidence:
Intermediate