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- West Makian
ISO 639-3 · mqsmqs
West Papuan family
West Makian
West Makian is a language of the North Halmahera branch (West Papuan), spoken in Indonesia. Wikidata counts 12,000 first-language speakers (1977). Wikidata describes it as “language in North Maluku”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
mqs- Glottocode
west2600- Family
- West Papuan
- EGIDS
- 6a Vigorous
- Wikipedia
- 9 language editions
12,000first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
—scripts
2levels in the tree
6aEGIDS level
Facts
| Name | West Makian |
|---|---|
| Also called | West Makian language |
| L1 speakers | 12,000 (1977) |
Vitality
EGIDS 6a Vigorous6a
Stable. Spoken by all generations at home, with or without schooling — EGIDS 5 and 6a.
Other languages at this levelfamily tree
From West Papuan to West Makian
The branches above West Makian, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Countries
Also spoken in Indonesia
engEnglishIndo-European · 1.13 bn0 · InternationalcmnMandarin ChineseSino-Tibetan · 1.07 bn1 · NationalcmnStandard ChineseSino-Tibetan · 897.1 maraArabicAfroasiatic · 315.4 mSafeindIndonesianAustronesian · 199 m1 · NationaljavJavaneseAustronesian · 84.3 m4 · EducationaltamTamilDravidian · 83 m2 · ProvincialmsaMalayAustronesian · 77 mnanSouthern MinSino-Tibetan · 48.3 m6a · VigoroushakHakka ChineseSino-Tibetan · 48.2 m5 · Developing