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

Loloda

A language of Indonesia (Maluku)

ISO 639-3loa

Population  15,000 (1991 SIL). 2,000 Bakun.
Region  North Maluku, northwest coast of Halmahera.
Language map  Indonesia, Northern Maluku
Alternate names   Loda, North Loloda
Dialects  Bakun. Intelligibility with Laba [lau] very limited. 85% intelligibility with Galela [gbi], Galela [gbi] has 65% intelligibility of Loloda.
Classification  West Papuan, North Halmahera, Galela-Loloda
Language use  Vigorous.
Language development  Literacy rate in L1: Below 1%. Literacy rate in L2: 50%–75%. Grammar. Bible portions: 1915.
Writing system  Latin script.
Comments  Christian, Muslim.