Ternateño
PrintA language of Indonesia
ISO 639-3
Alternate Names
Ternatenyo
Population
No remaining speakers.
Location
North Maluku Province. Ternate island.
Language Status
10 (Extinct).
Classification
Dialects
Spanish [spa] relexification. Historical relationship with Chavacano and dialects, still spoken in the Philippines.
Language Use
The Jakarta variety of creole Portuguese survived in Tugu until recent times (Wurm and Hattori 1981). Varieties also spoken in Larantuka, Flores; Adonara (Vure), Solor; as well as Sumatra, Kalimantan, Sulawesi, and Maluku. Varieties of creole Portuguese were also spoken in Banda and Ambon.