Seluwasan language

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Seluwasan
Native to Indonesia
Region Tanimbar Islands
Native speakers
(2,840 cited 1980) [1]
Dialects
  • Makatian
Language codes
ISO 639-3 sws
Glottolog selu1242

Seluwasan is an Austronesian language of Yamdena, in the Maluku Islands of Indonesia. It is not close to Selaru. The Makatian dialect is distinct.[ clarification needed ]

Related Research Articles

The Selaru languages are a pair of Austronesian languages spoken in the Tanimbar Islands of Indonesia. They are not closely related, being 56% lexically similar (Ethnologue).

Selaru is an Austronesian language of Selaru and Yamdena, in the Maluku Islands of Indonesia. Linguistically is not close to Seluwasan, its nearest relative.

References

  1. ↑ Seluwasan at Ethnologue (16th ed., 2009)
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