North Halmahera languages
E660557
The North Halmahera languages are a small group of Papuan (non-Austronesian) languages spoken primarily in the northern part of Halmahera and nearby islands in eastern Indonesia.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| North Halmahera subgroup | 1 |
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Papuan language family
ⓘ
language family ⓘ |
| alignment | split-S or ergative-like patterns in some languages ⓘ |
| arealFeature |
contact with Austronesian languages
ⓘ
lexical borrowing from Malay ⓘ lexical borrowing from Ternate Malay ⓘ |
| classificationStatus | Papuan affiliation widely accepted ⓘ |
| continent | Asia ⓘ |
| country | Indonesia ⓘ |
| endangerment | several member languages are endangered ⓘ |
| familyColor | Papuan ⓘ |
| hasGlottocode | nort2920 ⓘ |
| hasGlottologName | North Halmahera NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMember |
Boano (North Maluku) language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Galela language NERFINISHED ⓘ Ibu language NERFINISHED ⓘ Loloda language NERFINISHED ⓘ Modole language NERFINISHED ⓘ Pagu language ⓘ Sahu language NERFINISHED ⓘ Sahu subgroup ⓘ Tabaru language NERFINISHED ⓘ Ternate language NERFINISHED ⓘ Ternate–Tidore subgroup NERFINISHED ⓘ Tidore language NERFINISHED ⓘ Tobaru language NERFINISHED ⓘ Tobelo language NERFINISHED ⓘ Tobelo–Galela subgroup NERFINISHED ⓘ West Makian language NERFINISHED ⓘ West Makian subgroup NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalRole | languages of former sultanates of Ternate and Tidore ⓘ |
| notableLanguage |
Ternate language
ⓘ
Tidore language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| possibleRelation | West Papuan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region |
Bacan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Halmahera NERFINISHED ⓘ Makian NERFINISHED ⓘ North Maluku NERFINISHED ⓘ Ternate NERFINISHED ⓘ Tidore NERFINISHED ⓘ eastern Indonesia NERFINISHED ⓘ northern Halmahera ⓘ |
| speakerPopulation | tens of thousands of speakers overall ⓘ |
| studiedBy |
linguist Gary Holton
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
linguist Gerrit J. K. H. van Baarda NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subclassOf |
Papuan languages
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
non-Austronesian languages ⓘ |
| typology |
agglutinative morphology
ⓘ
mostly head-final ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
North Halmahera subgroup