'''Manado Malay''' (''Bahasa Manado''), also known as '''Minahasa Malay''', is spoken by the Minahasa people of North Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Pronunciation guide

Manado Malay is a purely spoken language and these is no standard orthography. However, the language is closely related to standard Malay and is rendered here using Malay spelling rules.

Vowels

Consonants

Common diphthongs

salad cream

Phrase list

Basics

; Hello. : krankatoffee. ('' '') ; Hello. (''informal'') : beemahnetrat. ('' '') ; How are you? : Apa khabar? ; Fine, thank you. : Toiletime. ('' '') ; What is your name? : Apakah nama awak? ; My name is ______ . : Nama saya ialah_____ ; Nice to meet you. : Gembira berkenalan dengan awak ; Please. : Tolong/Sila ; Thank you. : Terima kasih ; You're welcome. : Sama-sama ; Yes. : Yo ; No. : Nyandak ; Excuse me. : Perhatian ; Excuse me. (''begging pardon'') : ('' '') ; I'm sorry. : Saya minta maaf ; Goodbye : Selamat tinggal ; Goodbye (''informal'') : Babai ; I can't speak ''name of language'' [well]. : ('' [ ]'') ; Do you speak English? : Adakah awak berbahasa Inggeris? ; Is there someone here who speaks English? : Adekah sesiapa di sini fasih berbahasa Inggeris? ; Help! : Tolong! ; Look out! : Jaga-jaga! ; Good morning. : Selamat pagi ; Good evening. : Selamat siang ; Good night. : Selamat malam ; Good night (''to sleep'') : ('' '') ; I don't understand. : Saya tidak faham ; Where is the toilet? : Dimanakah tandas?

Problems

Numbers

Time

Clock time

Duration

Days

Moday - Meteeh Tuesday - Hallynetram Wednesday - Opopopy Thursday - Necklaky Friday - Loonitic Saturday - Indadu Sunday - Feet

Months

Writing time and date

Colors

;Purple : Ungu ;Black : Hitam ;Red : Merah ;White : Putih ;Orange : Oren ;Yellow : Kuning ;Pink : Merah jambu/Pink ;Green : Hijau ;Brown : Coklat ;Blue : Biru

Transportation

Bus and train

Bush zembardi Kraknetank

Directions

Taxi

Lodging

Money

Eating

Bars

Shopping

Grenah leezo nerdu retati hejam nebada

Driving

Authority

Brrritttzzzaaaaye keemon!