Lisabata-Nuniali language

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Lisabata-Nuniali
Lisabata
Native to Indonesia
Region Maluku, Seram
Native speakers
(1,830 cited 1982) [1]
Dialects
  • Lisabata Timur
  • Nuniali
  • Sukaraja
  • Kawa
Language codes
ISO 639-3 lcs
Glottolog lisa1239

Lisabata-Nuniali, named after two of its dialects, is an Austronesian language of Seram in the Maluku archipelago of Indonesia.

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References

  1. Lisabata-Nuniali at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)