Modole in Indonesia

2. Status

Status

Official country wide language
Official regional language
Official minority language
Recognised community language
Unrecognised community language

National language

No

Indigenous language

Yes

Administrative units of the country

Kao Barat District, Halmahera Utara Regency

Comments

Modole is one of local languages (bahasa daerah) in North Maluku Province, Indonesia

3. State

Documentation: materials

Written

Extended corpora
Annotated corpora
Corpus/corpora
Materials/corpus
Some materials
No materials

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Video

Extended corpora
Annotated corpora
Corpus/corpora
Materials/corpus
Some materials
No materials

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Audio

Extended corpora
Annotated corpora
Corpus/corpora
Materials/corpus
Some materials
No materials

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Documentation: descriptions

Elaborated dictionaries, grammars, statistical language models, etc.
Dictionaries and grammars
Dictionary and grammar
Glossary and descriptions
Few descriptions
No descriptions

Standardization

Modern standard language
Young standard language
Standardised language
Quasi-standard language
Semi-standardised language
Un-standardised language

Graphisation & script encoding

Standardised writing system with full script encoding
Conventionalised writing system with partial script encoding
Consistent writing system with no script encoding
Unsystematic writing system(s)
Limited written use
No written use

4. Users

Geographical distribution

Users live and dominate in all regions of the country
Users live in one [state/...] of the country
Users live in a cross-border region [state/...] of the country
Users live in separated [states/...] of the country
Users live dispersed across one [state/...] of the country
Users live scattered all over the country

Settlements

Rural
Urban

Administrative units of the country

Kao Barat Subdistrict, North Halmahera Regency, Halmahera Island, North Maluku Province

Size / Number of users

Number of users

3000

Source

BPS-Statistics Indonesia

Year

2019

Users within total population

Less than 1% use the language

Users within the reference community

More than 50% use the language

Actual percentage

80

Source

The Modole vitality research report conducted by Agency for Language Development and Cultivation of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology.

Year

2021

Age distribution of users

0

percentage of members of young generations (< 15)

Comments

No data on exact number of age distribution of Modole community

Age distribution of users

0

percentage of members of middle generations (15-65)

Comments

No data on exact number of age distribution of Modole community

Age distribution of users

0

percentage of members of older generations (> 65)

Comments

No data on exact number of age distribution of Modole community

Generational use

0

3,000

Limited to middle and older generations

Source

The Modole vitality research report conducted by Agency for Language Development and Cultivation of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology (2021)

Year

2021

Comments

No data on exact percentage of female and male users of the Modole.

Most speakers of Modole language are the older generations (>40 years). The younger the generation, the weaker Modole's language competence is.
The Modole community prefers Ternate Malay as the language used in communicating both in the family, social and religious spheres.

Educational attainment

Comments

No data on exact number of the Modole users based on their highest education level.

Occupational qualifications

Comments

No data on exact number of the Modole users based on their occupational qualification.

Language competence

Understand some, speak/sign little

Understand well, speak/sign some

Understand all, speak/sign well

Understand all, speak/sign fluently

Comments

The younger the generation, the weaker Modole's language competence is.

Literacy of users

No one with literacy in the language

5. Use

Socio-geographic dimension

Geographic scope

International
Supranational
Cross-border (states)
State-wide
Supra-regional cross-border
Supra-regional
Regional cross-border
Regional
Local

Source

The result of language mapping in Indonesia conducted by Agency for Language Development and Cultivation of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Research and Technology (2019)

Comments

The Modole used by community in Pitago Village, West Kao Subdistrict, North Halmahera, North Maluku Province.
The Modole speech area adjacent to Tobelo and Galela languages.

Economic dimension

Economic scope

Quinary sector
Quaternary sector
Tertiary sector
Secondary sector
Primary sector
Language not used

Comments

The Modole used in agriculture such as forestry and farming.
This language is not used in intellectual activities, service industry, and manufacturing of finished goods.

Functional dimension

Functional scope

Public domains
Everyday domains
Private domains

Nature

equal

Stability

Decreasing

Functional scope

Public domains
Everyday domains
Private domains

Nature

equal

Stability

Decreasing

Functional scope

Public domains
Everyday domains
Private domains

Comments

The Modole speakers use Ternate Malay and Indonesia in public domains.

Functional use in administration

Language use in administration

International level
National level
Regional level
Local level
Auxiliary use
No use

Comments

The language used in administration is Ternate Malay and Indonesia.

Ethnoculture

No use
Informal learning
Skills and knowledge
Performing arts
Social practices
Customary law
Traditional medicine
Knowledge and practices
Traditions and expressions

Formal Education

Early childhood education

Comments

Modole is not used in early childhood education

Primary level

Type of language use in education

Medium of instruction
Immersion teaching
Teaching subject
Occasionally used
Symbolically used

Lower secondary level

Comments

Modole is not used in lower secondary level

Higher secondary level

Comments

Modole is not used in higher secondary level

Tertiary level

Comments

Modole is not used in tertiary level.
In general, the language used in formal education is Indonesian.

Public healthcare

Comments

The language used in healthcare spheres is Ternate Malay or Indonesian. Modole tends to be not used in public healthcare.

Information, communication and cultural production

Comments

The language used in information, communication and cultural production is Indonesian and Ternate Malay.

Digital sphere

Comments

The language used in digital spheres is Ternate Malay and Indonesian

Legal system

Language use in the legal system

General use
Legal transactions
Court proceedings
Written submissions
Spoken/signed testimonies
Language not used

Comments

The language used in the legal system is Indonesian

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