Tidore language

Tidore is a North Halmahera language of Indonesia. The language is centered on the island of Tidore, but it is also spoken in some areas of the neighbouring Halmahera. It is unlike most languages in Indonesia which belong to the Austronesian language family. Tidore and other North Halmahera languages are perhaps related to languages of the Bird's Head Peninsula, West Papua.[3][4]

Tidore
Native to	Indonesia
Region	North Maluku, islands of Tidore, Maitara, Mare, northern half of Moti, and some areas of west coast of Halmahera
Native speakers	(26,000 cited 1981)[1] 20,000 L2 speakers (1981)[2]
Language family	West Papuan North Halmahera Ternate–Tidore Tidore
Language codes
ISO 639-3	tvo
Glottolog	tido1248
Tidore Location in Southeast Asia
Coordinates: 0°1′N 127°44′E

It is closely related to Ternate, of which it is sometimes considered a dialect.[5]

Phonology

Consonants

		Labial	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Plosive	voiceless	p	t	c	k
	voiced	b	d	ɟ	ɡ
Nasal		m	n	ɲ	ŋ
Fricative		f	s			h
Lateral			l
Tap			ɾ
Approximant		w		j

A flap consonant can be heard as alveolar or post-alveolar [ɾ̠].[6]

Vowels

	Front	Central	Back
Close	i		u
Mid	e		o
Open		a

References

1. Tidore at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
2. Tidore at Ethnologue (14th ed., 2000).
3. Lewis, M. Paul (2009). "Tidore - A language of Indonesia (Maluku)". Ethnologue: Languages of the World, Sixteenth edition. SIL International.
4. Senft, Gunter; Linguistics, Australian National University Pacific (2008). Serial verb constructions in Austronesian and Papuan languages. Pacific Linguistics, Research School Of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University.
5. "Ternate - Peta Bahasa" (in Indonesian).
6. Pikkert, Joost J. J. and Cheryl M. (1995). A first look at Tidore phonology. Wyn D. Laidig (ed.), Descriptive studies in languages of Maluku, part II. pp. 43–70.