Tabaru

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A language of Indonesia

Alternate Names

Tobaru

Tabaru

User Population

15,000 (1991 SIL).

North Maluku province: West Halmahera regency, Ibu, Jailolo, and Oba sub-districts.

Language Maps

Indonesia, Northern Maluku

Language Status

5* (Developing).

West Papuan, North Halmahera, Galela-Loloda

Adu, Nyeku. Northern dialect is the main one. Dialects mutually inherently intelligible.

Also use Indonesian [ind]. Also use North Moluccan Malay [max].

Language Development

Literacy rate in L2: 25%–50%. NT: 2008.

Language Resources

OLAC resources in and about Tabaru

Latin script [Latn].

Christian.