Piru Bay languages
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| Piru Bay | |
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| Geographic distribution | Indonesia: Ambon and Seram |
| Linguistic classification | Austronesian |
| Glottolog | piru1243 |
The Piru Bay languages are a group of twenty Malayo-Polynesian languages, spoken on Ambon Island and around Piru Bay on the island of Seram. None of the languages have more than about twenty thousand speakers, and several are endangered with extinction.
Classification
The languages are as follows:[1][2]
- West Piru Bay (Seram and Ambon islands)
- Asilulu
- Hoamoal: Luhu (Piru), Manipa; Larike-Wakasihu, Boano
- East Piru Bay
Many of the Piru Bay languages form a dialect continuum.
References
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
Glottologwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ James T. Collins. 1983. The historical relationships of the languages of Central Maluku, Indonesia. Canberra: Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University. (Pacific Linguistics: Series D-47.)
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