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  WestMakianLanguage

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west makian language
The WestMakianLanguage is a WestMakianGroupLanguage of Indonesia (Maluku). SIL code: MQS. ISO 639-2: paa. Population: 12,000 including 7,000 on Makian Island, 5,000 on Kayoa Islands (1977 Voegelin and Voegelin). Region: Western Makian Island, some of the Kayoa Islands, areas along the west coast of southern Halmahera, north Maluku. Alternate names: MAKIAN BARAT, MAKIAN LUAR. Comments: Language isolate within north Halmahera. Formerly classified as Austronesian. Literacy rate in first language: Below 1%. Literacy rate in second language: 25% to 50%. Muslim.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
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Instancescontent bearing physicalAny Object or Process that expresses content. This covers Objects that contain a Proposition, such as a book, as well as ManualSignLanguage, which may similarly contain a Proposition.
 entityThe universal class of individuals. This is the root node of the ontology.
 human languageThe subclass of Languages used by Humans.
 languageA system of signs for expressing thought. The system can be either natural or artificial, i.e. something that emerges gradually as a cultural artifact or something that is intentionally created by a person or group of people.
 linguistic expressionThis is the subclass of ContentBearingPhysical which are language-related. Note that this Class encompasses both Language and the the elements of Languages, e.g. Words.
 north halmahera languageOf the 26 WestPapuanLanguages, 16 are classified as a NorthHalmaheraLanguage.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
 northern north halmahera languageOf the 16 NorthHalmaheraLanguages, 14 are classified as a NorthernNorthHalmaheraLanguage.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
 physicalAn entity that has a location in space-time. Note that locations are themselves understood to have a location in space-time.
 spoken human languageA SpokenHumanLanguage is a HumanLanguage which has as its medium the human voice. It can also be represented visually through writing, although not all SpokenHumanLanguages have a codified written form.
 west makian group languageOf the 14 NorthernNorthHalmaheraLanguages, one is classified as a WestMakianGroupLanguage (the WestMakianLanguage).(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
 west papuan languageA WestPapuanLanguage is any one of 26 languages forming a distinct family of languages of Indonesia.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
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