Ternateño

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A language of Indonesia

ISO 639-3
tmg
Alternate Names
Portugis, Ternatenyo
User Population

No known L1 speakers.

Location

North Maluku province: Kota Ternate city on Ternate island.

Language Status

10 (Extinct).

Classification
Creole, Portuguese based
Dialects

Spanish [spa] relexification. Historical relationship with Chavacano and dialects, still spoken in the Philippines.

Language Use

The Jakarta variety of creole Portuguese survived in Tugu until recent times (Wurm and Hattori 1981). Varieties also spoken in Larantuka, Flores; Adonara (Vure), Solor; as well as Sumatra, Kalimantan, Sulawesi, and Maluku. Varieties of creole Portuguese were also spoken in Banda and Ambon.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Ternateño