Malajoe Batawi

Malajoe Batawi
First printing, 1884
AuthorLie Kim Hok
LanguageLow Malay
GenreGrammar
Publication date
1884
Publication placeDutch East Indies
Pages116
OCLC27142003

Malajoe Batawi: Kitab deri hal Perkataan-Perkataan Malajoe, Hal Memetjah Oedjar-Oedjar Malajoe dan Hal Pernahkan Tanda-Tanda Batja dan Hoeroef-Hoeroef Besar (better known by the short title Malajoe Batawi; Perfected Spelling: Melayu Betawi: Kitab dari hal Perkataan-Perkataan Melayu, Hal Memecah Ujar-Ujar Melayu dan Hal Pernahkan Tanda-Tanda Baca dan Huruf-Huruf Besar; literally Betawi Malay: A Book of Malay Words, Breaking Up Malay Saying and Punctuation Marks and Capital Letters) is a grammar of the Malay language as spoken in Batavia (now Jakarta) written by Lie Kim Hok. The 116-page book, first published in 1884, saw two printings and has been described as the "most remarkable achievement of Chinese Malay writing".