Tabaru

TBY

developing

Alternate Names: Tobaru

Dialects: Adu, Nyeku. Northern dialect is the main one. Dialects mutually inherently intelligible.

Genealogy:

West Papuan
North Halmahera
Galela-Loloda

Demographics: 15,000 (1991 SIL).

Language Use: Also use Indonesian [ind], North Moluccan Malay [max].

Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: Below 1%. Literacy rate in L2: 25%–50%. NT: 2008.

Writing System: Latin

Nation of Origin: Indonesia

Other Comments: Christian.