Ternateño
An extinct language of Indonesia (Maluku)
| Population | Extinct. |
| Region | North Maluku, Ternate Island, west of Halmahera Island. |
| Alternate names | Ternatenyo |
| Dialects | Spanish relexification. Historical relationship with Chavacano and dialects, still spoken in the Philippines. |
| Classification | Creole, Portuguese based |
| Language use | The Jakarta variety of creole Portuguese survived in Tugu until recent times (Wurm and Hattori 1981). Varieties also spoken in Larantuka, Flores; Adonara (Vure), Solor; as well as Sumatra, Kalimantan, Sulawesi, and Maluku. Varieties of creole Portuguese were also spoken in Banda and Ambon. |
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