(documentation TernatenoLanguage EnglishLanguage "The TernatenoLanguage is a PortugueseBasedCreoleLanguage of Indonesia (Maluku). SIL code: TMG. ISO 639-2: cpp. Region: North Maluku, Ternate Island, west of Halmahera Island. Alternate names: TERNATENYO. Comments: Spanish relexification. Historical relationship with Chavacano and dialects, which are still spoken in the Philippines. Varieties of creole Portuguese were also spoken in Banda and Ambon. The Jakarta variety of creole Portuguese survived in Tugu until recent times (Wurm and Hattori 1981). Other varieties were also spoken in Larantuka, Flores, Adonara (Vure), Solor, Sumatra, Kalimantan, and Sulawesi. See also Timor Pidgin in Timor Lorosae, Indo-Portuguese in Sri Lanka, and Malaccan Creole Portuguese in Peninsular Malaysia. Extinct.(extract from http:/ / www.ethnologue.com/ )") |
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