Galela

Galela is the second most populous Papuan language spoken west of New Guinea (in Morotai Island and surrounding islands province of North Maluku, Indonesia), with some 80,000 speakers. Its dialects are Kadai (41,000), Morotai (24,000), Kadina (10,000), and Sopi (4,000). Its closest relative is the and Loloda language.

Galela is spoken on the eastern side of the northern tip of Halmahera island (in the Galela districts and in neighbouring villages in the Tobelo and Loloda districts), on Morotai Island to the north, on the Bacan and Obi islands to the south of Halmahera, and in scattered settlements along the southwest coast. All are in North Maluku province of Indonesia.

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