Taba
Facts
- Language: Taba
- Alternate names: East Makian, Makian Dalam
- Language code: mky
- Language family: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Greater SHWNG, South Halmahera-West New Guinea, Raja Ampat-South Halmahera, South Halmahera, East Makian-Gane
- Number of speakers: 30,000-40,000
- Vulnerability: Endangered
- Script:
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A volcanic eruption on Makian Island, transmigrations, speakers of other languages in the area and pressure from those languages have taken a toll on vitality. Muslim.
Not to be confused with West Makian (Moi), a Papuan language spoken on the western half of Makian Island.