Gorap
Classification : Austronesian
·en danger
- DATE OF INFO
- 1992
- TENDANCES AU NIVEAU DES LOCUTEURS
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- AUTRES LANGUES PARLÉES PAR LA COMMUNAUTÉ
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Ternate
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Malay
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Indonesian
- COMMENTAIRES SUR LE CONTEXTE DE LA LANGUE
Malayo-Polynesian creole, with a mixed vocabulary which also contains words from Malay, Indonesian and from the large West Papuan, North Halmahera lingua franca Ternate; under strong pressure from the languages from which the majority of its vocabulary seems to have originated
- PLACES
- Indonesia: North Maluku Province
- LOCATION DESCRIPTION
Spoken on Morotai Island (the northernmost large island of North Halmahera) and on the southern coast and hinterland of Kau Bay in central eastern North Halmahera. The speakers are believed to have come from Sulawesi.