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Ternate language

Ternate (ISO 639-3 code tft) is a language of the North Halmahera family spoken in Indonesia. It has about 42,000 speakers. The Endangered Languages Project lists it as threatened.

Facts

ISO 639-3 codetft
Glottocodetern1247
FamilyNorth Halmahera
AreaPapunesia
CountriesIndonesia
Speakers (estimate)42,000
EndangermentThreatened (100 percent certain, based on the evidence available)

Related languages

Other North Halmahera languages, nearest first.

More about Ternate

Classification, area and countries: Glottolog (CC BY 4.0). Endangerment status and speaker estimate: Endangered Languages Project. Speaker numbers are estimates and differ between sources.