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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