Sahu language
| Sahu | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Indonesia |
| Region | Halmahera |
Native speakers | (7,500 cited 1987)[1] |
|
West Papuan
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 |
Either: saj – Sahu ibu – Ibu |
| Glottolog |
sahu1245 (Sahu)[2]ibuu1240 (Ibu)[3] |
Sahu (Sa’u, Sahu’u, Sau) is a Papuan Halmahera language. Use is vigorous; dialects are Pa’disua (Palisua), Tala’i, Waioli, and Gamkanora. A fifth dialect, Ibu, used to be spoken near the mouth of the Ibu River.[4]
References
- ↑ Sahu at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
Ibu at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) - ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Sahu". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Ibu". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- ↑ Visser, L. E. and C.L. Voorhoeve. 1987. Sahu-Indonesian-English Dictionary and Sahu Grammar Sketch. Dordrecht: Foris.
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