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ALSO KNOWN AS		East Makian, Makian Dalam
CLASSIFICATION		Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, South Halmahera-West New Guinea
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		mky
DOWNLOAD		As csv
MORE RESOURCES		OLAC search
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS		Not to be confused with West Makian (Moi), a Papuan language spoken on the western half of Makian Island.

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Information from: “Taba: Description of a South Halmahera Language” . Bowden, John (2001) Australian National University

Endangered

100 percent certain, based on the evidence available
30,000-40,000
Native speakers worldwide

DOMAINS OF USE

SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS

TRANSMISSION

MORE ON VITALITY

Taba is preferred for household use. Formal situations call for Malay, even if everyone present also speaks Taba. Functional domains for the use of Taba are decreasing. Local population is in decline, and as speakers more to population centers they switch to Malay. Children in this environment only speak Malay. Volcanic eruptions stimulate an accelerated pace of population dispersal.

SPEAKER ATTITUDE

Neutral

GOVERNMENT SUPPORT

No government support.

INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT

No institutional support.

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

Malay
specifically North Moluccan Malay

PLACES: Indonesia

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Spoken on the eastern side of Makian Island, Kayoa Island, and the neighboring coast of Halmahera Island.

Threatened

40 percent certain, based on the evidence available
20,000
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
A volcanic eruption on Makian Island, transmigrations, the presence of speakers of several other languages in East Makian speaking areas, and the pressure from these and from Indonesian, have taken their toll. It is receding and falling into disuse in several of its areas, and generally undergoing marked structural changes.

DATE OF INFO: 1983

SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS
OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY
More on Orthography: 25-50 percent literacy.

PLACES: Indonesia: Maluku Province

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Spoken on East Makian Island, Mori Island, Kayoa Island, Ternate Island, Malifut on Halmahera, the west coast of South Halmahera, on Dacau and Obi Islands, etc., in north Maluku.

	Pacific Linguistics				2001	Taba: Description of a South Halmahera Language						Australian National University		521	Canberra						Bowden, John	Bowden, John. 2001. "Taba: Description of a South Halmahera Language." 521: Australian National University.	WALS					30,000-40,000		10000-99999					Malay is used in all public domains. Taba is being resticted increasingly to private use.	Malay, specifically North Moluccan Malay		No government support.	Neutral		No institutional support.	The entire community is fluent in Malay.	Endangered (100 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	12		Taba is preferred for household use. Formal situations call for Malay, even if everyone present also speaks Taba. Functional domains for the use of Taba are decreasing. Local population is in decline, and as speakers more to population centers they switch to Malay. Children in this environment only speak Malay. Volcanic eruptions stimulate an accelerated pace of population dispersal.	13	13			Indonesia	Spoken on the eastern side of Makian Island, Kayoa Island, and the neighboring coast of Halmahera Island.	0.364654, 127.423089
070071197X		3	1		2007	Australia and the Pacific	Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages	424-557				Routledge			Abingdon						Stephen A Wurm	Wurm, Stephen A. 2007. Australia and the Pacific. In Christopher Moseley, Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages, 1 edn., 424-557. Abingdon: Routledge. ISBN 070071197X	ll_pub					20,000	1983	10000-99999	A volcanic eruption on Makian Island, transmigrations, the presence of speakers of several other languages in East Makian speaking areas, and the pressure from these and from Indonesian, have taken their toll. It is receding and falling into disuse in several of its areas, and generally undergoing marked structural changes.					Indonesian							Threatened (40 percent certain, based on the evidence available)					13			Indonesia: Maluku Province	Spoken on East Makian Island, Mori Island, Kayoa Island, Ternate Island, Malifut on Halmahera, the west coast of South Halmahera, on Dacau and Obi Islands, etc., in north Maluku.	0.335, 127.380

Taba

Language metadata

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Endangered

100 percent certain, based on the evidence available

30,000-40,000

Threatened

40 percent certain, based on the evidence available

20,000

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