Sahu | |
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Native to | Indonesia |
Region | Halmahera |
Native speakers
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(7,500 cited 1987) |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | Either: saj – Sahu ibu – Ibu |
Glottolog |
sahu1245 (Sahu)ibuu1240 (Ibu)
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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.