Geographicdistribution The Moluccas | ||
Linguistic classification AustronesianMalayo-Polynesian (MP)Nuclear MP(Central–Eastern)Halmahera–CenderawasihHalmahera SeaSouth Halmahera Subdivisions East Makian – GaneBuli | ||
The South Halmahera languages are the branch of Austronesian languages found along the southeast coast of the island of Halmahera in the Indonesian province of North Maluku. Irarutu is spoken in the east of the Bomberai Peninsula in West Papua province.
Most of the languages are only known from short word lists, but Buli is fairly well attested.
References
South Halmahera languages Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA