| Tidore | |
|---|---|
| Spoken in | Indonesia |
| Region | North Maluku, islands of Tidore, Maitara, Mare, northern half of Moti, and some areas of west coast of Halmahera. |
| Coordinates | |
| Native speakers | 26,000 (1981 Wurm and Hattori). (date missing) |
| Language family |
West Papuan
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | tvo |
Tidore of eastern Indonesia is a language centered on the island of Tidore but also spoken in neighboring Halmahera. A Papuan language, it is unlike most languages in Indonesia which belong to the Austronesian language family. It, and the similar Ternate language, appear to be related to languages of the Bird's Head peninsula in Papua.[1]
It is closely related to Ternate.