Javindo, also known by the

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name Krontjong, was a Dutch-based creole language spoken on

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. The name Javindo is a

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'', the Dutch word for a person of mixed

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and

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descent. This contact language developed from communication between Javanese-speaking mothers and

-speaking fathers in

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families. Its main speakers were Indo-Eurasian people. Its grammar was based on Javanese, and its vocabulary was based on the Dutch lexicon but pronounced in a Javanese manner. Even though most of the lexicon is derived from Dutch, the grammar of the language is mostly of Javanese origin, including elements such as morphology; lack of verbs; no past tense; no

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.Willems, Wim ''Sporen van een Indisch verleden (1600–1942).'', Part III by de Gruiter, V.E. (COMT, Leiden, 1994) P.150 It should not be confused with Petjo, a different Dutch- and Malay-based creole also spoken by Indo-Eurasians. With the loss of the generation that lived in the Dutch East Indies era, that language has almost died out.

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