Seram languages

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Seram
Ceram
Geographic distribution:	Indonesia
Linguistic classification:	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian (MP) Nuclear MP Central Maluku East Central Maluku Seram
Subdivisions:	Nunusaku Bobot–Masiwang etc.
Ethnologue code:	`17-1376`

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

Classification

According to Ethnologue 16, the languages are as follows:

Bobot
Masiwang
Hoti
Manusela–Seti: Benggoi, Huaulu, Salas, Liana-Seti, Manusela
Sawai–Nuaulu: South Nuaulu, North Nuaulu, Saleman
Nunusaku
- Kayeli
- Piru Bay languages (20 languages)
- Three Rivers (10 languages)

References

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