Geser language explained

Geser
Nativename:Geser-Gorom
States:Indonesia (Maluku Islands)
Region:Seram, Geser Islands
Date:1989
Ref:e25
Familycolor:Austronesian
Fam2:Malayo-Polynesian
Fam3:Central–Eastern
Fam4:Central Maluku ?
Fam5:East Central Maluku
Fam6:Seran Laut
Iso3:ges
Glotto:gese1240
Glottorefname:Geser-Gorom

Geser is an Austronesian language of the east end of Seram and the Gorom Islands, Indonesia. It is closely related to Watubela.[1] [2]

Notes and References

  1. Collins, J.T. (1986). "Eastern Seram: a subgrouping argument". In Geraghty, P., Carrington, L. and Wurm, S.A. eds, FOCAL II: Papers from the Fourth International Conference on Austronesian Linguistics. C-94:123-146. Pacific Linguistics, The Australian National University.
  2. Loski, Russell A. and Gail M. Loski (1989). "The languages indigenous to Eastern Seram and adjacent islands". In Wyn D. Laidig (ed.), Maluku (Workpapers in Indonesian Languages and Cultures, Vol. 6), 103-142. Ambon: Pattimura University and the Summer Institute of Linguistics.