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16 avril 2023
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Maria Zielenbach, « How many people speak a North Halmahera language? (and why we don’t know exactly) », Bäume, Wellen, Inseln – Trees, Waves and Islands, ID : 10.58079/pf3w
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After I published my last blog post, I was asked how so many languages, belonging to two language families, fit on the rather small island of Halmahera. I will answer this question in this post. A warning: The answer is more complex than one may think. How many people speak a North Halmahera language? Halmahera is not that big. 17,780 km2 (6,860 sq mi) to be precise. For comparison: Connecticut is 14,357km2 (5,543 sq mi) and Kuwait is 17,818 km2 (6,880 sq mi). Halmahera is not densely popula...