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Tobelo

A language of Indonesia (Maluku)

ISO 639-3: tlb

Population	27,700 (2000).
Region	North Maluku, north Halmahera Island, Tobelo, Kao, and Jailolo districts; Halmahera Tengah, Maba and Wasile districts; Papua, Sorong, north half of Morotai, coastal areas of Kao Bay and inland, Patani, Weda, Gane, Bacan, Obi, Ambon, Raja Ampat islands.
Language map	Indonesia, Northern Maluku
Dialects	Dodinga, Boëng, Tobelo (Heleworuru).
Classification	West Papuan, North Halmahera, Galela-Loloda
Language use	Positive attitude. Also use Indonesian [ind].
Language development	Literacy rate in L1: 1%–5%. Literacy rate in L2: 25%–50%. Dictionary. Grammar. NT: 1993.
Comments	Taught in middle school in Tobelo town. Traditional religion, Christian.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

HOLTON, Gary, author. 2006. "The relational noun marker in Tobelo (Northeast Halmaheran)."  

KLAMER, Marian, author. 2006. "Split S in the Indonesian area: forms, semantics, geography."  

KLAMER, Marian, author. 2008. "Split S in the Indonesian area: forms, semantics, geography."

WIMBISH, Sandra G., author. 1990. Review of: Bathera injil di Halmahera, by Thimotheus Magana.