Wakasihu, or Larike-Wakasihu after the two still-vigorous dialects, is an
Austronesian language of
Ambon Island
Ambon Island is part of the Maluku Islands of Indonesia. The island has an area of and is mountainous, well watered, and fertile. Ambon Island consists of two territories: the city of Ambon, Maluku, Ambon to the south and various districts ('' ...
in the
Maluku Islands
The Maluku Islands (; Indonesian: ''Kepulauan Maluku'') or the Moluccas () are an archipelago in the east of Indonesia. Tectonically they are located on the Halmahera Plate within the Molucca Sea Collision Zone. Geographically they are located eas ...
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Phonology
Phonemes in parentheses are borrowed from other languages.
/i e a/ are heard as
ª É› É™when in closed or stressed syllable position.
References
Further reading
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Central Maluku languages
Languages of the Maluku Islands
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