Sahu | |
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Native to | Indonesia |
Region | Halmahera |
Native speakers | (7,500 cited 1987)[1] |
West Papuan?
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Dialects |
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | Either:saj – Sahuibu – Ibu |
Glottolog | sahu1245 Sahuibuu1240 Ibu |
ELP | Ibu |
Sahu (Sa’u, Sahu’u, Sau) is a North Halmahera language. Use is vigorous; dialects are Pa’disua (Palisua), Tala’i, Waioli, and Gamkonora. A fifth dialect, Ibu, used to be spoken near the mouth of the Ibu River.[2]
Sahu has many Ternate loanwords, a historical legacy of the dominance of the Ternate Sultanate in the Moluccas.[3]