Taba
East Makian; Makian Dalam;
Austronesian; Malayo-Polynesian; South Halmahera-West New Guinea
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mky
Malay, specifically North Moluccan Malay
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The entire community is fluent in Malay.
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2001
Location and Context
Indonesia
0.364654, 127.423089
Spoken on the eastern side of Makian Island, Kayoa Island, and the neighboring coast of Halmahera Island.
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Spoken on the eastern side of Makian Island, Kayoa Island, and the neighboring coast of Halmahera Island.
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Malay, specifically North Moluccan Malay
Malay is used in all public domains. Taba is being resticted increasingly to private use.
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A volcanic eruption on Makian Island, transmigrations, the presence of speakers of several other languages in East Makian speaking areas, and the pressure from these and from Indonesian, have taken their toll. It is receding and falling into disuse in several of its areas, and generally undergoing marked structural changes.
2007
Location and Context
Indonesia: Maluku Province
0.335, 127.380
Spoken on East Makian Island, Mori Island, Kayoa Island, Ternate Island, Malifut on Halmahera, the west coast of South Halmahera, on Dacau and Obi Islands, etc., in north Maluku.
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Spoken on East Makian Island, Mori Island, Kayoa Island, Ternate Island, Malifut on Halmahera, the west coast of South Halmahera, on Dacau and Obi Islands, etc., in north Maluku.
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Indonesian
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- Endangered Languages Catalogue Project. Compiled by research teams at University of Hawai'i Mānoa and Institute for Language Information and Technology (LINGUIST List) at Eastern Michigan University2012. "Endangered Languages Catalogue Project. Compiled By Research Teams At University of Hawai'i Mānoa and Institute For Language Information and Technology (LINGUIST List) At Eastern Michigan University."
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