Tidore language

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Tidore
Native toIndonesia
RegionNorth Maluku, islands of Tidore, Maitara, Mare, northern half of Moti, and some areas of west coast of Halmahera
Native speakers
(26,000 cited 1981)[1]
20,000 L2 speakers (1981)[1]
West Papuan?
Latin script, Arabic script (historically)[2][3]
Language codes
ISO 639-3tvo
Glottologtido1248
ELPTidore
Approximate location where Tidore is spoken
Approximate location where Tidore is spoken
Tidore
Location in Southeast Asia
Coordinates: 0°1′N 127°44′E / 0.017°N 127.733°E / 0.017; 127.733

Tidore is a language of

Austronesian language family. Tidore and other North Halmahera languages are perhaps related to languages of the Bird's Head Peninsula, West Papua.[1][5]
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Tidore is a regional lingua franca, used for interethnic communication in the Central Halmahera area.[6] Since the 17th century, it had some influence as a trade language in the Moluccan-New Guinean region.[2] It is closely related to Ternate,[1] of which it is sometimes considered a dialect.[7] Both Ternate and Tidore have been recorded in writing at least since the late 15th century,[3]: 430  being the only Papuan languages with indigenous literary traditions.[2]

Phonology

Consonants

Labial Alveolar Palatal Velar Glottal
Nasal m
n
 		ɲ ŋ
Plosive voiceless p
t
 		c k
voiced b
d
 		ɟ ɡ
Fricative f s h
Lateral
l
Tap
 ɾ
Approximant w j

A flap consonant can be heard as alveolar or post-alveolar [

ɾ̠].[8]

Vowels

Front Central Back
Close i u
Mid e o
Open a

References

  1. ^ a b c d Tidore at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
  2. ^
    S2CID 162188648
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  3. ^
    PMID 3067356
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  4. ^
    OCLC 220535054
  5. OCLC 271765117
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  6. OCLC 44620949
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  7. ^ "Bahasa Ternate". Peta Bahasa (in Indonesian). Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan.
  8. ^ Pikkert, Joost J. J. and Cheryl M. (1995). A first look at Tidore phonology. Wyn D. Laidig (ed.), Descriptive studies in languages of Maluku, part II. pp. 43–70.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)


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