Malay, North Moluccan

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A language of Indonesia

ISO 639-3
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Alternate Names
Ternate Malay
Population

700,000 (2001 SIL). 100,000 monolinguals.

Location

North Maluku Province. Islands off of southern tip of Halmahera island; Sula and Obi island groups to south and west.

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Language Status

3 (Wider communication).

Classification
Creole, Malay based
Dialects

Different meaning of particles from Manado Malay [xmm]. More similar to Manado Malay than to Ambonese Malay [abs].

Language Use

A few communities use it as L1. Used orally between speakers of different languages. 300,000 L2 users (2001 R. Whisler).

Language Development
Literacy rate in L1: 1%–5%. Literacy rate in L2: 50%–75%. Bible portions: 2005–2009.
Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Malay, North Moluccan
Writing
Latin script.
Other Comments

Muslim, Christian.