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Nunusaku languages

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Geographic distribution
  
Indonesia

Glottolog
  
nunu1252

Linguistic classification
  
Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian (MP) Nuclear MP Central Maluku East Central Maluku Nunusaku

The Nunusaku languages are a group of Malayo-Polynesian languages, spoken on and around the island of Seram. None of the languages have more than about twenty thousand speakers, and several are endangered with extinction.

Classification

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

    • References

    Nunusaku languages Wikipedia
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