Masela language

E809230

The Masela language is an Austronesian language spoken on Masela Island in Indonesia’s Maluku region, belonging to the Babar subgroup of Central–Eastern Malayo-Polynesian languages.

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Masela language canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Austronesian language
natural language
continent Asia
country Indonesia
endangeredStatus vulnerable
ethnologueCode mxz
geographicDistribution Maluku province, Indonesia
linked to: Maluku province
glottologCode mase1249
glottologName Masela
hasAlternativeName Marsela
Masela
hasDialect Central Masela
East Masela
West Masela
linked to: Central Masela
hasMorphologyType moderately agglutinative
hasPhonologicalType consonant–vowel syllable structure (CV-dominant)
hasWordOrder SVO (subject–verb–object)
iso639-3Code mxz
languageFamily Austronesian languages
linguisticClassification Austronesian > Malayo-Polynesian > Central–Eastern Malayo-Polynesian > Babar > Masela
region Maluku Islands
spokenIn Indonesia
Maluku
linked to: Maluku Islands

Masela Island NERFINISHED
spokenOn Babar Islands
subfamily Malayo-Polynesian languages
subgroup Babar languages
Central–Eastern Malayo-Polynesian languages
usedBy Masela people
linked to: Ngada people
writingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

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Babar languages hasMember Masela language