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North Halmahera languages

North Halmahera is a language family with 6 languages profiled on Glottosphere, spoken in Papunesia. The largest by number of speakers are Tidore, Ternate, and Tobelo. 6 of them are listed as endangered.

LanguageCountriesSpeakersStatus
TidoreIndonesia44,000Threatened
TernateIndonesia42,000Threatened
TobeloIndonesia15,000Threatened
West MakianIndonesia12,000Vulnerable
KaoIndonesia200Endangered
IbuIndonesia10Severely Endangered

Classification and countries: Glottolog (CC BY 4.0). Endangerment status: Endangered Languages Project. Only languages with a profile here are listed, so the family may have more members.