Peranakan

Peranakan

Peranakan
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese 峇峇娘惹
Simplified Chinese 峇峇娘惹
Transcriptions
Mandarin
- Hanyu Pinyin Bābā-niangrě
Min
- Hokkien POJ Bā-bā-niû-liá
Malay name
Malay Peranakan/Cina Benteng/Kiau-Seng

Peranakan Chinese and Baba-Nyonya are terms used for the descendants of late 15th and 16th-century Chinese immigrants to the Indonesian archipelago of Nusantara during the Colonial era.

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