Nunusaku languages

Nunusaku
Ambon–Seram
Geographic distribution	Indonesia
Linguistic classification	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian (MP) Central–Eastern MP Central Maluku East Central Maluku Nunusaku
Proto-language	Proto-Nunusaku
Language codes
Glottolog	nunu1252

The Nunusaku languages are a group of Malayo-Polynesian languages, spoken on and around the island of Seram, Indonesia. ^{[1] [2]} None of the languages have more than about twenty thousand speakers, and several are endangered with extinction.

The proto-language, Proto-Nunusaku, merged Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *z/*d as *d, and *l/*R/*j as *l.

Classification

• Kayeli
• Patakai–Manusela
  • Nuaulu
  • Huaulu, Manusela
• Three Rivers
  • Wemale
  • Amalumute
    • Yalahatan
    • Northwest Seram: Hulung, Saleman, Loun, Ulat Inai (Alune, Nakaʼela), Lisabata-Nuniali
• Piru Bay languages (20 languages)

References

1. Collins, James T. (1983). The Historical Relationships of the Languages of Central Maluku, Indonesia. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics.
2. Zobel, Erik (2024). "Historical linguistics of the Central Malayo-Polynesian languages". In Alexander Adelaar; Antoinette Schapper (eds.). The Oxford Guide to the Malayo-Polynesian Languages of Southeast Asia. Oxford University Press. pp. 151–164. doi:10.1093/oso/9780198807353.003.0012.