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Tabaru

A language of Indonesia (Maluku)

ISO 639-3: tby

Population	15,000 (1991 SIL).
Region	North Maluku, Ibu, Jailolo, and Oba districts.
Language map	Indonesia, Northern Maluku
Alternate names	Tobaru
Dialects	Adu, Nyeku. Northern dialect is the main one. Dialects mutually inherently intelligible.
Classification	West Papuan, North Halmahera, Galela-Loloda
Language development	Literacy rate in L1: Below 1%. Literacy rate in L2: 25%–50%. Bible portions: 1998.
Comments	Christian.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

KOTYNSKI, Edward A., author. 1988. Tabaru phonology and morphology.

KOTYNSKI, Edward A., author. 1995. "Glottal stop and the nasal prefix in Tabaru and other North Halmaheran languages."

Vernacular Publications

Nou, pomakata-tabaru. 1991.