Native to Indonesia Ethnicity Wemale people ISO 639-3 weo | Region Maluku Native speakers 6000 (2000 census) | |
Language family Austronesian
Malayo-Polynesian (MP)
Nuclear MP
Central Maluku ?
East Central Maluku
Seram ?
Nunusaku
Three Rivers
Wemale | ||
Wemale is an Austronesian language spoken on western Seram Island in Indonesia.
The Wemale language is divided in a northern and a southern form, having variants known as Horale, Kasieh, Uwenpantai, Honitetu and Kawe. The northern form is spoken by about 5,000 people and the Southern Wemale is spoken by about 3,700 people.
References
Wemale language Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA