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Bantik is an endangered Austronesian language perhaps a Philippine language of North Sulawesi Indonesia. It is the traditional language of the Bantik people who are now switching to Manado Malay (the local variety of Indonesian) as their language for everyday communication though Bantik is still used as a marker of ethnic identity.Bantik is regarded as a men’s language used by men in private and it is considered improper to speak to women in Bantik.