Ce Nok Sa...

Having learned most of my Indonesian in Central Java it came as a bit of a shock when I started working at my current school in Jakarta and being confronted with the Jakarta Chinese variety of Indonesian. I can't say at this point in time just how much it differs from Central Javanese Indonesian other than it is often spoken at break-neck speed - much faster than one is used to hearing in Java.

I find the Jakarta Chinese variety of Indonesian a fascinating code and wish I had more time to devote to a serious analysis of it.

One difference is the counting system that one often hears. I think it comes from the Hokkien language. The following is a summary of what I found on a scrap of paper that my wife noted from a Jakartan friend - the writing and pronunciation follows Indonesian orthography -
1 - ce
2 - nok
3 - sa
4 - si
5 - go
6 - lak
7 - cit
8 - pe
9 - kao

units
10s - cap
100s - pek
1000s - ceng
10000s - ban
1000,000s - tiao

100 - cepek (one and unit of 100s)
200 - nopek (two and unit of 100s)
300 - sapek
500 - gopek
etc

1000 - ceceng
10, 000 - ceban
100, 000 - cepekceng (one hundred and unit of 1000s)

150 - pek go - (unit of 100s and 5)

15,000 - ban go (unit of 10,000s and 5)

Corrections and further enlightenment greatly appreciated.