obere ụdị nke | North Halmahera ![]() |
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mba/obodo | Indonesia ![]() |
ụmụ amaala ka | North Maluku ![]() |
Ọkwa asụsụ Ethnologue | 6a Vigorous ![]() |
West Makian (nke a makwaara site na endonym Moi: 104 ) bụ asụsụ nke dị iche iche nke North Halmahera nke ndi obodo Indonesia.[1] A na-asụ ya n'ụsọ oké osimiri dị nso na Makian Island, na ọkara ọdịda anyanwụ nke agwaetiti ahụ.
West Makian has been strongly influenced by a neighboring Austronesian language or languages to the extent that it was once classified as Austronesian, as East Makian (Taba) still is. As a family-level isolate, it is not closely related to any other language.[2] A brief description of the language can be found in Voorhoeve (1982). Much influence comes from Taba, as well as Malay, Ternate, Dutch, and potentially Portuguese.