West Makian (also known by the endonym Moi: 104 ) is a divergent North Halmahera language of Indonesia. It is spoken on the coast near Makian Island,...

languages spoken in this island, Taba and West Makian languages. Taba or East Makian belongs to the Austronesian language family, while West Makian belongs...

trade. Most of these languages are very closely related to each other, and their family status is well-demonstrated. West Makian stands out as an isolate...

northern Sulawesi. Languages such as Taba and West Makian have borrowed much of their polite lexicons from Ternate, while the languages of northern Sulawesi...

East Makian or Makian Dalam) is a Malayo-Polynesian language of the South Halmahera–West New Guinea group. It is spoken mostly on the islands of Makian, Kayoa...

non-Austronesian languages of Halmahera and Bird's Head. West Papuan North Halmahera (Halmahera – West Makian) Core North Halmahera West Makian Amberbaken (Mpur)...

Halmahera languages, which appear to fall within the West Papuan family. The language named Taba or East Makian is one of the Austronesian languages. Archaeological...

Halmahera East Makian – Gane Gane (Gimán; dialect: Saketa) Taba (East Makian, Makian Dalam; dialects: Kayoa, Southeast Makian) Buli languages Buli (dialect:...

population surveys is inhabited by the Gorap ethnic group as much as 87.68%, Makian 1.29%, Galela 1.37%, Ternate 0.60%, Tobelo 0.55%, Sanger 6.67%, Bugis 1...

islands: Kasiruta Mandioli Muari Erà Islands Halmahera, with nearby islands: Makian Ternate Tidore Hiri Mare Maitara Kayoa Laluin Moti Rau Kakara Meti Medi...

Most languages belong to the Austronesian language family, while there are over 270 Papuan languages spoken in eastern Indonesia. The language most widely...

indoˈnesija]) is the official and national language of Indonesia. It is a standardized variety of Malay, an Austronesian language that has been used as a lingua franca...

Bali, Lombok, and the Sunda region of West Java, it is also used as a literary language. It was the court language in Palembang, South Sumatra, until the...

Ternateans used (and still use) the unrelated Ternate language, a West Papuan language, as their first language. Malay was used solely as a lingua franca for...

Palembang Malay as well Minangkabau spoken in neighbouring West Sumatra than to the Rejang language, which is also spoken in the province. Bengkulu is written...

مِيْنڠكَابَاوْ‎; Indonesian: Bahasa Minangkabau) is an Austronesian language spoken by the Minangkabau of West Sumatra, the western part of Riau, South Aceh Regency...

Teor and Kur are two Austronesian language varieties of the Central–Eastern Malayo-Polynesian branch spoken near Kei Island, Indonesia. They are reportedly...

regencies of West Kutai, Kutai Kartanegara, and East Kutai within North Kalimantan province. Kutai is part of the local Bornean Malayic languages and is closely...

symbols instead of Balinese characters. Balinese is a Malayo-Polynesian language spoken on the Indonesian island of Bali, as well as Northern Nusa Penida...

also known by the pejorative name Krontjong, is a Dutch-based creole language spoken on Java, Indonesia. The name Javindo is a portmanteau of Java and...

Gorontalo–Mongondow languages Sangiric languages Minahasan languages Celebic languages South Sulawesi languages The remaining three languages are affiliated...

descriptions indicate that the main islands were Ternate, Tidore, Moti, Makian and Bacan, although the last was often ignored even though it was by far...

North Halmahera languages (especially Tobelo, Galela, and Ternate), languages of Southeast Sulawesi, as well as the two Makian languages (Taba and Moi)...

Bajau West Coast of Sabah and Bajau Indonesia. Jama Mapun, a language from the island of Mapun, formerly known as Cagayan de Sulu, is a related language and...

based on high lexical similarities between these languages. Sundanese is mainly spoken on the west side of the island of Java, in an area known as Tatar...

The Malayic languages are a branch of the Malayo-Polynesian subgroup of the Austronesian language family. The most prominent member is Malay, a pluricentric...

Malay language) West-South Coast Aceh Jaya West Aceh Nagan Raya Southwest Aceh (except in Susoh District where the Aneuk Jamee language is spoken) South...

Jawi: بَهَسَ سُوگ‎; Malay: Bahasa Sūlūk, lit. 'Language of Sulu/the Tausūg people') is an Austronesian language spoken in the province of Sulu in the Philippines...

Lombok, an island in the West Nusa Tenggara province of Indonesia. It is closely related to the Balinese and Sumbawa languages spoken on adjacent islands...

Malay, or Batavian Malay, is the spoken language of the Betawi people in Jakarta, Indonesia. It is the native language of perhaps 5 million people; a precise...