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Piru Bay Languages
The Piru Bay languages are a group of twenty Malayo-Polynesian languages, spoken on Ambon Island and around Piru Bay on the island of Seram. None of the languages have more than about twenty thousand speakers, and several are endangered with extinction. Classification The languages are as follows:James T. Collins. 1983. ''The historical relationships of the languages of Central Maluku, Indonesia.'' Canberra: Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University. (Pacific Linguistics: Series D-47.) *West Piru Bay (Seram and Ambon islands) ** Asilulu **Hoamoal: Luhu (Piru), Manipa; Larike-Wakasihu, Boano *East Piru Bay ** Sepa, Teluti **Solehua *** Paulohi ***Seram Straits **** Kaibobo ****Ambon: Hitu, Tulehu; Laha, Seit-Kaitetu ****Uliase ( Lease Islands) ***** Kamarian *****Hatuhaha ******Haruku ******Saparuan *******Elpaputi: Amahai, Nusa Laut *******Saparua: Saparua, Latu Many of the Piru Bay languages form a dialect continuum A dialect co ...
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Indonesia
Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guinea. Indonesia is the world's largest archipelagic state and the 14th-largest country by area, at . With over 275 million people, Indonesia is the world's fourth-most populous country and the most populous Muslim-majority country. Java, the world's most populous island, is home to more than half of the country's population. Indonesia is a presidential republic with an elected legislature. It has 38 provinces, of which nine have special status. The country's capital, Jakarta, is the world's second-most populous urban area. Indonesia shares land borders with Papua New Guinea, East Timor, and the eastern part of Malaysia, as well as maritime borders with Singapore, Vietnam, Thailand, the Philippines, Australia, Palau, and India ...
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Teluti Language
Sepa-Teluti is an Austronesian language of Seram Island in eastern Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Gui .... References Central Maluku languages Languages of Indonesia Seram Island {{au-lang-stub ...
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Latu Language
Latu is an Austronesian language spoken on Seram Island in the Moluccas in eastern Indonesia. It is linguistically close to Saparua Saparua is an island east of Ambon Island in the Indonesian province of Maluku; the island of Haruku lies between Saparua and Ambon. The main port is in the south at Kota Saparua. The island of Maolana is located near its southwestern side an .... References Central Maluku languages Languages of Indonesia Seram Island {{au-lang-stub ...
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Saparua Language
Saparua is an Austronesian language spoken in the Moluccas of eastern Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guine .... Dialects are diverse, and Latu might be included as one. References Saparua Central Maluku languages Languages of the Maluku Islands {{au-lang-stub ...
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Nusa Laut Language
Nusa Laut is an Austronesian language spoken on the island of the same name in the Moluccas in eastern Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Gui .... References Central Maluku languages Languages of the Maluku Islands {{au-lang-stub ...
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Amahai Language
Amahai is a nearly extinct Austronesian language spoken in the Moluccas 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 ea ... in eastern Indonesia. It might actually be two distinct languages. References Central Maluku languages Languages of the Maluku Islands Endangered Austronesian languages {{au-lang-stub ...
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Haruku Language
Haruku is an Austronesian language spoken on Haruku Island, just east of Ambon Island in eastern Indonesia, part of a dialect chain A dialect continuum or dialect chain is a series of language varieties spoken across some geographical area such that neighboring varieties are mutually intelligible, but the differences accumulate over distance so that widely separated varie ... around Seram Island. Each of the villages, Hulaliu, Pelauw, Kailolo, and Rohomoni, is said to have its own dialect. References Central Maluku languages Languages of the Maluku Islands {{au-lang-stub ...
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Kamarian Language
Kamarian is an extinct Austronesian language. It was spoken at the southwestern coast of Seram Island in the Moluccas in eastern Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Gui ....Collins, James T. (1983)''The Historical Relationships of the Languages of Central Maluku, Indonesia.''Canberra: Pacific Linguistics. References Central Maluku languages Languages of the Maluku Islands Extinct languages of Oceania Languages extinct in the 2000s {{au-lang-stub ...
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Lease Islands
The Lease Islands, formerly called the Uliasers or Uliassers, are a group of three inhabited islands (and smaller uninhabited islets), lying immediately to the south of Seram and east of Ambon Island in the province of Maluku, in Indonesia. The three inhabited islands, from west to east, are Haruku, Saparua and Nusa Laut, while tiny uninhabited Molana is administratively part of Saparua District; these islands constitute four administrative districts (''kecamatan'') within Central Maluku Regency Central Maluku Regency ( id, Kabupaten Maluku Tengah) is a regency of Maluku Province of Indonesia. The Regency covers an area of 11,595.57 km2, and had a population of 361,698 at the 2010 Census, and 423,094 at the 2020 Census. The official .... Note: (a) Figures for Saparua Timur's population in 2010 are included in those for Saparua. Sources *Muller, Dr. Kal (1990). ''Spice Islands: The Moluccas''. Periplus Editions. . References {{authority control Islands of the ...
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Seit-Kaitetu Language
Seit-Kaitetu, or Hila-Kaitetu, 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 to the south and various districts (''kecamatan'') o ... in the Malukus. The dialects of the two villages, Seith and Kaitetu, are divergent. References Central Maluku languages Languages of the Maluku Islands {{au-lang-stub ...
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Laha Language (Indonesia)
Laha is an Austronesian language spoken on Ambon Island in eastern Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guine .... References Central Maluku languages Languages of the Maluku Islands {{au-lang-stub ...
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Tulehu Language
Tulehu (also known as Souw Aman Teru) is an Austronesian language spoken on Ambon Island in eastern Indonesia, part of a dialect chain of Seram Island Seram (formerly spelled Ceram; also Seran or Serang) is the largest and main island of Maluku province of Indonesia, despite Ambon Island's historical importance. It is located just north of the smaller Ambon Island and a few other adjacent is .... ''Tulehu'' is also the name of a village; each of the villages, Tulehu, Liang, Tengah-Tengah, and Tial, is said to have its own dialect. Phonology Voiced stops can also be heard from loanwords. References Central Maluku languages Languages of Indonesia Seram Island {{au-lang-stub ...
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