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KZD ISO 639-3

Kadai

A language of Indonesia

ISO 639
kzd
Population
350 (2000).
Location:
North Maluku province: Kepulauan Sula regency in Sula Islands, Molucca sea coast, Tjapaplulu strait area; Taliabu island, 2 east coast groups; west Mangole island coast east from Dofa; 2 small offshore islands.
Language Status
7 (Shifting).
Classification
Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Central Maluku, Sula, Taliabo
Dialects
None known. May be intelligible with Taliabu [tlv].
Language Use
Shifting to Indonesian [ind].
Other Comments
The government wants to resettle them along the coast. Traditional religion.

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Location: North Maluku province: Kepulauan Sula regency in Sula Islands, Molucca sea coast, Tjapaplulu strait area; Taliabu island, 2 east coast groups; west Mangole island coast east from Dofa; 2 small offshore islands.