Masela language

Masela
Marsela
Native to Indonesia
Region Maluku
Native speakers
(1,900 cited 1980–2007)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 Variously:
mxz  Central Masela
vme  East Masela
mss  West Masela
Glottolog cent2072  (Central)[2]
east2462  (East)[3]
west2535  (West)[4]

Masela (Marsela) is the language of Marsela Island in South Maluku, Indonesia. Regional varieties are distinct; Ethnologue counts it as three languages.

References

  1. Central Masela at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
    East Masela at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
    West Masela at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Central Masela". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
  3. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "East Masela". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
  4. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "West Masela". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.


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