Kadai

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A language of Indonesia

ISO 639-3
kzd
User Population

350 (2000).

Location

North Maluku province: Kepulauan Sula regency in Sula Islands, Molucca sea coast, Tjapaplulu strait area; Taliabu island, 2 east coast groups; west Mangole island coast east from Dofa; 2 small offshore islands.

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Language Status

7 (Shifting).

Classification
Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Central Maluku, Sula, Taliabo
Dialects

None known. May be intelligible with Taliabu [tlv].

Language Use

Shifting to Indonesian [ind].

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Kadai
Other Comments

The government wants to resettle them along the coast. Traditional religion.