Malay, North Moluccan
A language of Indonesia (Maluku)
| Population | 700,000 (2001 SIL). 100,000 monolinguals. |
| Region | North Maluku, Halmahera, Sula, and Obi islands. Labuha neighborhood (Christian), and some other families with parents of different ethnic origins. |
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Indonesia, Northern Maluku |
| Alternate names | Ternate Malay |
| Dialects | Different meaning of particles from Manado Malay [xmm]. More similar to Manado Malay than to Ambonese Malay [abs]. |
| Classification | Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Malayo-Sumbawan, North and East, Malayic, Malay, Trade, East Indonesian A member of macrolanguage Malay [msa] (Malaysia). |
| Language use | Trade language. 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: 2005–2007. |
| Writing system | Latin script. |
| Comments | Muslim, Christian. |
Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:
Vernacular Publications
Muatan lokal bahasa Daerah = Carita-carita menarik dalam bahasa Melayu Maluku Utara. 2007.
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