Datapoint Singapore Bazaar Malay/Lexifier language
The lexifier language available for Singapore Bazaar Malay is not standard Malay, as no one uses the standard variety in informal contexts in which Bazaar Malay has developed and been used. The history of Singapore
suggests that Malay speakers come from different regions, bringing with them their
own regional dialects with peculiar features and thus the vernacular variety which
Bazaar Malay speakers have been exposed to is not a single unified code. Given the spread of the numerous varieties of Malay throughout Southeast Asia, it is by no means easy to say exactly which is the variety or varieties of Malay that the Singapore Malay ethnic group speaks as their first language during the formation of Bazaar Malay. Although it is theoretically appropriate to say that the colloquial variety is the one that has contributed to the development of Bazaar Malay, it is practically difficult to pinpoint exactly which variety/varieties has been the input language of Bazaar
Malay.
Values 
Malay
- Confidence:
- Very certain