ramaaditya49/tutur/tutur-ambon-malay

Tutur Ambon Malay

Overview

Use this skill for Bahasa Melayu Ambon, also called Ambonese Malay. It is a Malay contact variety that became the everyday language and lingua franca of Ambon and much of Maluku. It is not a "pure" local language. Bahasa tanah, the indigenous languages of Ambon and Lease, is a different set of languages. Peta Bahasa records that group under Hitu, with Asilulu, Hitu, Laha, and other dialects. Do not write those languages here.

Glottolog: glottocode ambo1250, ISO 639-3 abs, inside Vehicular Malay. The Balai Bahasa Provinsi Maluku dictionary (1.354 lema, 2025) and van Minde's grammar are the working sources.

Source confidence: Level 2 for short sentences that appear in the dictionary or in van Minde as quoted by APiCS. Anything longer stays mixed.

Search And Discovery

Relevant searches: Bahasa Melayu Ambon, kamus Melayu Ambon, contoh Melayu Ambon, belajar Melayu Ambon, terjemahan Indonesia Melayu Ambon, translate Ambonese Malay, beta ose ale katong, bahasa tanah Ambon, AI skill Melayu Ambon.

Use this skill for source-aware Melayu Ambon. It is not a certified translator and it does not produce bahasa tanah, baileo ritual speech, or Melayu Ternate.

Human Voice

A person texts with beta for I, ose or ale for you, katong for we, and pung for possession, as in beta pung bapa, with su for already, jang for don't, and seng for not. Thanks is dangke and goodbye is da. The dictionary question Ale mo pi mana and the neighbour warning Jang buang sampa di got are whole lines, not particles pasted onto a brochure. Indonesian nouns already sit inside those dictionary sentences, so that mix stays. This is Melayu Ambon, the contact variety, and it is not bahasa tanah.

Workflow

1. Identify the language.

• Melayu Ambon, Ambonese Malay, bahasa pasar Ambon: use this skill.
• Bahasa tanah, Hitu, Asilulu, or another indigenous Ambon language: stop.
• Melayu Ternate or Melayu Papua: use the matching skill, not this one.

1. Check source confidence.

• Use references/sources.md first.
• Prefer the 2025 Balai Bahasa dictionary for wording.
• Use van Minde via APiCS for the short pronoun set.

1. Compose with source discipline.

• Keep names, places, dates, and facts unchanged.
• A full Melayu Ambon sentence is allowed only when the dictionary or grammar shows that sentence.
• Otherwise use one attested phrase and continue in Indonesian. Label it mixed.

1. Final pass.

• Do not claim native-speaker authority.
• Do not replace beta with saya inside an attested sentence, and do not sprinkle beta onto Indonesian and call it Melayu Ambon.

Output Style

• For direct requests, return the adapted output first.
• For review requests, list risks and then provide a safer rewrite.
• For public, adat, legal, or official use, recommend a speaker review when the line is not in the dictionary.
• Mark mixed text as mixed.

Resources

• references/offline-brief.md: compact local brief for agents without internet access.
• references/local-mirror.md: local mirror of source facts, vocabulary policy, and semantic guidance.
• references/usage-patterns.md: task patterns and review checklist for offline use.
• references/sources.md: source links and confidence level.
• references/style-guide.md: practical register and safety rules.
• references/examples.md: sourced usage examples.