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The TugutilLanguage is a TobeloGroupLanguage of Indonesia (Maluku). SIL code: TUJ. ISO 639-2: paa. Population: 1,000 to 3,000 (1984 C. and B. D. Grimes SIL). Region: North Maluku, north Halmahera Island, inland around Kusuri, inland in Kecamatan Tobelo, around Taboulamo in Kecamatan Kao, in the pass between Lolobata and Buli in Kecamatan Wasilei, along the Dodaga and Tutuling rivers, and along the Akelamo and Mabulan rivers in Kecamatan Maba, Tanjung Lili, villages of Miaf, Bebseli, and Marasibno. A few along the Lili, Waisango, and Afu rivers, and reports of other places. Dialects: TELUK LILI, KUSURI. Comments: Possibly several dialects separated by large distances. Intelligibility with Tobelo dialects is inadequate. Bilingualism in Indonesian. Language attitudes are positive. Ethnically distinct from Tobelo. A group of forest peoples who have contact with village people for selling copra and purchasing supplies. Literacy rate in first language: Below 1%. Literacy rate in second language: 5% to 15%. Traditional religion, Christian.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
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