信息不完整 “A Descriptive Study of the Language of Ternate, the Northern Moluccan, Indonesia” . Rika Hayami-Allen (2001)
近危
100 percent certain, based on the evidence available
42,000
Speaker numbers drawn from Ethnologue (1992).
信息日期
1992
使用领域
使用者趋势
传承情况
更多关于活力的信息
"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."
使用者态度
Speakers are shifting to use of North Moluccan Malay