Ternateño

A language of Indonesia

ISO 639: tmg
Alternate Names: Portugis, Ternatenyo
Population: No known L1 speakers.
Location:: North Maluku province: Kota Ternate city on Ternate island.
Language Status: 10 (Extinct).
Classification: Creole, Portuguese based
Dialects: Spanish [spa] relexification. Historical relationship with Chavacano and dialects, still spoken in the Philippines.
Language Use: The Jakarta variety of creole Portuguese survived in Tugu until recent times (Wurm and Hattori 1981). Varieties also spoken in Larantuka, Flores; Adonara (Vure), Solor; as well as Sumatra, Kalimantan, Sulawesi, and Maluku. Varieties of creole Portuguese were also spoken in Banda and Ambon.

Location: North Maluku province: Kota Ternate city on Ternate island.