Maba

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A language of Indonesia

ISO 639-3
mqa
Alternate Names
Bicoli, Bitjoli, Ingli
User Population

6,620 (2000).

Location

North Maluku province: Halmahera island, Wasilei area on southeast peninsula, north coast facing Buli bay.

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Language Status

6a* (Vigorous).

Classification
Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, South Halmahera-West New Guinea, South Halmahera, Southeast
Language Use

Also use Indonesian [ind]. Used as L2 by Sawai [szw].

Language Development

Literacy rate in L2: 25%–50%.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Maba
Writing

Unwritten [Qaax].

Other Comments

Muslim.