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Ethnologue > Web version > Country index > Asia > Indonesia (Maluku) > Ibu

Ibu

A language of Indonesia (Maluku)

ISO 639-3ibu

Population  35 (Voorhoeve and Visser 1987). Ethnic population: 50 to 200 (1984).
Region  North Maluku, north Halmahera Island, Ibu River mouth, Gamlamo and Gamici villages.
Language map  Indonesia, Northern Maluku
Dialects  May be inherently intelligible with Sahu [saj].
Classification  West Papuan, North Halmahera, Sahu
Language use  Mainly older adults (1987).
Comments  Nearly extinct.