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Wemale language

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Native to
  
Ethnicity
  
Wemale people

ISO 639-3
  
weo

Region
  
Native speakers
  
6000 (2000 census)

Language family
  
AustronesianMalayo-Polynesian (MP)Nuclear MPCentral Maluku ?East Central MalukuSeram ?NunusakuThree RiversWemale

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


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