The Nunusaku languages are a group of
Malayo-Polynesian languages
The Malayo-Polynesian languages are a subgroup of the Austronesian languages, with approximately 385.5 million speakers. The Malayo-Polynesian languages are spoken by the Austronesian peoples outside of Taiwan, in the island nations of Southeast ...
, spoken on and around the island of
Seram
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 ...
. None of the languages have more than about twenty thousand speakers, and several are endangered with extinction.
Classification
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Kayeli''
*Patakai–Manusela
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Nuaulu
The Nuaulu, Naulu or Nunuhai are a tribe located in Seram, Maluku, Indonesia.
Description
The tribe name 'Nuaulu' means head atersof the Nua River, which is the ancestral homeland of the Nuaulu people. In the late 19th century or early 20th cen ...
**
Huaulu,
Manusela
*Three Rivers
**
Wemale
The Wemale people are an ethnic group of Seram Island, Indonesia. They number over 7,500 and live in 39 villages of the central area of the island. Like the Alune people in the west, the Wemale people originate from a common ancestral group call ...
**Amalumute
***
Yalahatan
***Northwest Seram:
Hulung,
Saleman,
Loun, Ulat Inai (
Alune,
Naka'ela),
Lisabata-Nuniali
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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 ext ...
(20 languages)
References
Languages of Indonesia
Central Maluku languages
Seram Island
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