Ternate
A language of Indonesia (Maluku)
| Population | 42,000 (Wurm and Hattori 1981). |
| Region | North Maluku, Ternate, Kayoa, Bacan, Obi Islands, coastal communities on western north Halmahera. |
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Indonesia, Northern Maluku |
| Dialects | Similar to Tidore [tvo]. |
| Classification | West Papuan, North Halmahera, Ternate-Tidore |
| Language use | Lingua franca in north and northeast Halmahera. Vigorous. 20,000 L2 speakers. |
| Language development | Literacy rate in L1: 1%–5%. Literacy rate in L2: 25%–50%. |
| Comments | Muslim. |
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