Nunusaku languages

Nunusaku
Geographic distribution:	Indonesia
Linguistic classification:	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian (MP) Nuclear MP Central Maluku East Central Maluku Nunusaku

Glottolog:	`nunu1252`^[1]

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

Classification

Kayeli
Patakai–Manusela
- Nuaulu
- Huaulu, Manusela
Three Rivers
- Wemale
- Amalumute
  - Yalahatan
  - Northwest Seram: Hulung, Saleman, Loun, Ulat Inai (Alune, Naka'ela), Lisabata-Nuniali
Piru Bay languages (20 languages)

References

↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Nunusaku". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.