The PaguLanguage is a KaoRiverLanguage of Indonesia (Maluku). SIL code: PGU. ISO 639-2: paa. Population: 2,000 to 3,000 (1983 C. and B.D. Grimes SIL). Region: North Maluku, interior North Halmahera south of the Modole language area out to the mouth of the Kao River. Alternate names: PAGO, PAGOE. Dialects: ISAM, PAGU, TOLIWIKU (TOLILIKO). Comments: Investigation needed: intelligibility with Modole, Kao. Literacy rate in first language: Below 1%. Literacy rate in second language: 25% to 50%. Muslim, Christian.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
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