Tidore language

Tidore language

Infobox Language
name=Tidore
states=Indonesia
region=North Maluku, islands of Tidore, Maitara, Mare, northern half of Moti, and some areas of west coast of Halmahera.
latd=0 |latm=1 |latNS=N
longd=127 |longm=44 |longEW=E
speakers=26,000 (1981 Wurm and Hattori).
iso3=tvo
familycolor=Papuan
fam1=West Papuan
fam2=North Halmahera
fam3=South
notice=nonotice

Tidore is a living language spoken in various places in Indonesia, including the island of Tidore. This language is considered to be part of the West Papuan language family. It is closely related to Ternate.

References

* [http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=tvo Tidore at Ethnologue]
* [http://linguistlist.org/forms/langs/LLDescription.cfm?code=tvo Tidore at Linguist List]


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