Maiwa language (Sulawesi) should not be confused with Maiwa language (Papua New Guinea).
Maiwa | |
States: | Indonesia |
Region: | Sulawesi |
Ethnicity: | Maiwa, Massenrempulu |
Speakers: | 50,000 |
Date: | 1990 |
Ref: | e18 |
Familycolor: | Austronesian |
Fam2: | Malayo-Polynesian |
Fam3: | South Sulawesi |
Fam4: | Northern |
Fam5: | Massenrempulu |
Iso3: | wmm |
Glotto: | maiw1250 |
Glottorefname: | Maiwa (Indonesia) |
Maiwa is an Austronesian language spoken by around 50,000 people in South Sulawesi, Indonesia. It belongs to the Northern branch of the South Sulawesi subgroup, and is closely related to Duri, Enrekang and Malimpung.[1]