Gane language

Gane
Gane
Native to	Indonesia
Region	North Maluku
Native speakers	(2,900 cited 1982)
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Central–Eastern Malayo-Polynesian Eastern Malayo-Polynesian South Halmahera–West New Guinea Raja Ampat–South Halmahera South Halmahera Southern Gane; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	gzn
Glottolog	gane1237

Gane is an Austronesian language of southern Halmahera, Indonesia, spoken by the Gane people. There are estimated to be roughly 5800 native speakers of the language.² It is closely related to the Taba language.³

References

Gane at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
"Gane language resources | Joshua Project". joshuaproject.net. Retrieved 2025-11-24.
Blust, R.A., 1978. Eastern Malayo-Polynesian: a subgrouping argument. IN Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Austronesian Linguistics, Fascicle 1. Pacific Linguistics C-61:181-234. Canberra: Australian National University.

[e25-1] Gane at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)

[2] "Gane language resources | Joshua Project". joshuaproject.net. Retrieved 2025-11-24.

[3] Blust, R.A., 1978. Eastern Malayo-Polynesian: a subgrouping argument. IN Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Austronesian Linguistics, Fascicle 1. Pacific Linguistics C-61:181-234. Canberra: Australian National University.

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