Kao

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Ka’u, Kau

400 (2000).

North Maluku province: Halmahera Utara regency; north Halmahera island on Kao bay area near Kao river mouth.

Language Maps

8a (Moribund).

Could be a marginal dialect of Pagu [pgu], but relates uniquely to other languages in Kao River subbranch.

Ethnic group membership expressed by knowing the language. Older adults only. Shifted to Indonesian [ind].

Literacy rate in L2: 50%–75%.

Unwritten [Qaax].

Muslim.