As informações estão incompletas “A Descriptive Study of the Language of Ternate, the Northern Moluccan, Indonesia” . Rika Hayami-Allen (2001)
Ameaçado
100 percent certain, based on the evidence available
42,000
Speaker numbers drawn from Ethnologue (1992).
DATA DAS INFORMAÇÕES
1992
DOMÍNIOS DE USO
TENDÊNCIAS DOS FALANTES
TRANSMISSÃO
MAIS INFORMAÇÕES SOBRE A VITALIDADE
"The Tematean language is rapidly changing and even disappearing in many parts of the island, especially among the younger generation. Instead, North Moluccan Malay is becoming the first language of a large portion of the Tematean population. It seems that Tematean is in better shape on Halmahera."
ATITUDE DO FALANTE
Speakers are shifting to use of North Moluccan Malay