Makian, West

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Makian Barat, Makian Luar

12,000 (Voegelin and Voegelin 1977). 7,000 on Makian Island, 5,000 on Kayoa Islands.

North Maluku province: Halmahera southwest coast, Kayoa, west Makian islands.

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6a* (Vigorous).

None known. Language isolate within north Halmahera. Formerly classified as Austronesian.

Also use Indonesian [ind].

Literacy rate in L2: 25%–50%.

Unwritten [Qaax].

Muslim.