Seluwasan language explained

Seluwasan
States:Indonesia
Region:Tanimbar Islands
Speakers:2,840
Date:1980
Ref:e16
Familycolor:Austronesian
Fam2:Malayo-Polynesian
Fam3:Central–Eastern
Fam4:Selaru
Iso3:sws
Glotto:selu1242
Glottorefname:Seluwasan
Dia1:Makatian

Seluwasan is an Austronesian language of Yamdena, in the Maluku Islands of Indonesia. It is not close to Selaru. The Makatian dialect is distinct.