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Nunusaku languages

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

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Nunusaku
Ambon–Seram
Geographic
distribution		Indonesia
Linguistic classificationAustronesian
Proto-languageProto-Nunusaku
Language codes
Glottolognunu1252

The Nunusaku languages are a group of Malayo-Polynesian languages, spoken on and around the island of Seram, Indonesia.12 None of the languages have more than about twenty thousand speakers, and several are endangered with extinction.

The proto-language, Proto-Nunusaku, merged Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *z/*d as *d, and *l/*R/*j as *l.

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References

  1. Collins, James T. (1983). The Historical Relationships of the Languages of Central Maluku, Indonesia. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics.
  2. Zobel, Erik (2024). "Historical linguistics of the Central Malayo-Polynesian languages". In Alexander Adelaar; Antoinette Schapper (eds.). The Oxford Guide to the Malayo-Polynesian Languages of Southeast Asia. Oxford University Press. pp. 151–164. doi:10.1093/oso/9780198807353.003.0012.