Nila language

Nila
Nila
Native to	Indonesia
Region	Nila Island; relocated to Seram Island
Extinct	1999
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Central–Eastern Nuclear South Moluccan Kisar-Babar Southwest Maluku Teun–Nila–Serua Nila; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	nil
Linguist List	nil.html
Glottolog	nila1244
ELP	Nila

Last updated September 02, 2025

Nila is an extinct Austronesian language originally spoken on Nila Island in Maluku, Indonesia. Speakers were relocated to Seram due to volcanic activity on Nila.^[2]

References

↑ Nila at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
↑ Taber, Mark (1993). "Toward a better understanding of the Indigenous Languages of Southwestern Maluku". Oceanic Linguistics. 32 (2): 389–441. doi:10.2307/3623199. JSTOR 3623199.

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[e25-1] Nila at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)

[2] Taber, Mark (1993). "Toward a better understanding of the Indigenous Languages of Southwestern Maluku". Oceanic Linguistics. 32 (2): 389–441. doi:10.2307/3623199. JSTOR 3623199.

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