Modole language

Modole
Native toIndonesia
RegionHalmahera
Native speakers
(2,000 cited 1983)[1]
West Papuan?
Language codes
ISO 639-3mqo
Glottologmodo1249

Modole is a North Halmahera language of Indonesia. The language is spoken in several villages in the Kao region on the northern peninsula of the island of Halmahera.

References

  1. ^ Modole at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

Further reading

Zielenbach, Maria. 2026. Half silver, half gold: Modole folk stories and a first sketch grammar. (Open Text Collections 6). Berlin: Language Science Press. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17511782 https://langsci-press.org/catalog/book/542