Native to Indonesia Native speakers (7,500 cited 1987) | Region Halmahera | |
Language family West Papuan
Halmahera
Sahu languages
Sahu ISO 639-3 Either:
saj – Sahu
ibu – Ibu Glottolog sahu1245 (Sahu)
ibuu1240 (Ibu) | ||
Sahu (Sa’u, Sahu’u, Sau) is a Papuan Halmahera language. Use is vigorous; dialects are Pa’disua (Palisua), Tala’i, Waioli, and Gamkanora. A fifth dialect, Ibu, used to be spoken near the mouth of the Ibu River.
References
Sahu language Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA