Hukumina language

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Hukumina
Bambaa [1]
Native to Indonesia
Region Buru Island, Moluccas
Extinct early 21st century [2] [3]
Dialects
Language codes
ISO 639-3 huw
Glottolog huku1237
ELP Hukumina

Hukumina (also called Bambaa) [1] is an extinct Austronesian language recently spoken in the northwest of Buru Island in the Maluku Islands of eastern Indonesia. It had one native speaker in 1989. [5]

References

  1. 1 2 "Hukumina". LINGUIST List. Archived from the original on 11 September 2019. Retrieved 6 November 2024.
  2. ↑ "11 Indigenous Languages Declared Extinct: Education Ministry". Jakarta Globe. 8 March 2024. Retrieved 6 November 2024.
  3. ↑ "Did you know Hukumina is critically endangered?". Endangered Languages. Retrieved 2025-03-04.
  4. ↑ Karenisa, Kity (2024). "Bahasa Punah di Maluku". kantorbahasamaluku.kemdikbud.go.id (in Indonesian). Kantor Bahasa Provinsi Maluku. Retrieved 2024-07-08.
  5. ↑ Grimes, "Buru (Masarete)", in Tsuchida, ed., 1995, Comparative Austronesian Dictionary


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