West Makian language

West Makian language
asụsụ, modern language
obere ụdị nkeNorth Halmahera Dezie
mba/obodoIndonesia Dezie
ụmụ amaala kaNorth Maluku Dezie
Ọkwa asụsụ Ethnologue6a Vigorous Dezie

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.

  1. Klamer, Marian; Ger Reesink; and Miriam van Staden. 2008.
  2. Gary F. Simons, Charles D. Fennig (2018). Makian, West (en). SIL International. Archived from the original on 2018-06-23.

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