Fordata
 
Kode: frd
 
Nama: Fordata
 
 
Maluku :: southeast, 30 villages; north archipelago on Fordata, Larat, and Molu-Maru islands; northwest, Yamdena island west coast, Seira island; also Jakarta, other cities. 50,000 (Marshall 2000). 25,000 in the language area and 25,000 elsewhere (Marshall 2000). Decreasing use in mixed language towns. 500 monolinguals.
 
 
 
Larat, Vai Fordata, Vai Sera-Larat-Fordata, Vai Tnebar, Vaidida.
 
 
Austronesian, 
Malayo-Polynesian, 
Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, 
Southeast Maluku, 
Kei-Tanimbar, 
Kei-Fordata
 
 
Kei-Fordata
 
Fordata-Larat I, Fordata-Larat II, Molo (Molo-Maru), Sera (Seira). Sera is most divergent dialect.
 
 
68% with Kei 
kei.
 
 
6b (Threatened).
 
 
Primary schools in nearly every village, secondary schools for every 3 or 4 villages. Christian, Muslim.
 
 
Fordat:
| Agama Primer | : | Islam | 
| Penganut Kristen | : | 15% | 
| Persentase Penginjilan | : | 1% | 
| Jendela 10/40 | : | Y | 
 
 
Ethnologue: frd