Ibu

A language of Indonesia

ISO 639: ibu
Population: 35 (Voorhoeve and Visser 1987). In 1987, there were a few elderly speakers but it is now probably extinct (Wurm 2007). Ethnic population: 50 (1984).
Location:: North Maluku province: Halmahera Barat regency, Gamlamo and Gamici villages on north Halmahera island, Iboe river mouth.
Language Status: 8b (Nearly extinct).
Classification: West Papuan, North Halmahera, Sahu
Dialects: None known. May be inherently intelligible with Sahu [saj].
Language Use: Elderly only. Shifted to North Moluccan Malay [max].

Location: North Maluku province: Halmahera Barat regency, Gamlamo and Gamici villages on north Halmahera island, Iboe river mouth.