Tidore
PrintA language of Indonesia
ISO 639-3
Population
26,000 (Wurm and Hattori 1981).
Location
North Maluku Province. Tidore island. Ternate, Mare, and northern Moti islands. Also Halmahera island, west coast areas, facing in turn Tidore, Moti, and Kayaa islands.
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Language Status
6a (Vigorous).
Classification
Dialects
Similar to Ternate [tft].
Language Use
20,000 L2 speakers. Positive attitudes.
Language Development
Literacy rate in L1: 1%–5%. Literacy rate in L2: 25%–50%.
Writing
Latin script.
Muslim.