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Piru Bay languages

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Glottolog
  
piru1243

Geographicdistribution
  
Indonesia: Ambon and Seram

Linguistic classification
  
AustronesianMalayo-Polynesian (MP)Nuclear MPCentral Maluku ?East Central MalukuSeram ?NunusakuPiru Bay

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:

  • West Piru Bay (Seram and Ambon islands)
  • Asilulu
  • Hoamoal: Luhu (Piru), Manipa; Larike-Wakasihu, Boano
  • East Piru Bay
  • Sepa, Teluti
  • Seram Straits
  • Paulohi (Solehua) (divergent)
  • Kaibobo
  • East 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.

    References

    Piru Bay languages Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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