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Peranakan Chinese and Baba-Nyonya are terms used for the descendants of the 15th through 17th-century Chinese immigrants to the Indonesian archipelago and British Malaya (now Peninsular Malaysia and Singapore).Members of this community in Melaka Malaysia address themselves as Nyonya Baba. Nyonya is the term for the women and Baba for the men.

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language
Hakka Chinese, Varieties of Chinese, Languages of Indonesia, Malay language, Southern Thai language, Cantonese, English language
population place
Indonesia, Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia
related
Overseas Chinese, Benteng Chinese, Chitty, Kristang people, Jawi Peranakan
religion
Christianity, Confucianism, Sunni Islam, Taoism, Mahayana
total population
8000000

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