Telaʼa language explained

Telaa
Also Known As:Tela-Masbuar
States:Indonesia
Region:Maluku
Date:2007
Ref:e18
Familycolor:Austronesian
Fam2:Malayo-Polynesian (MP)
Fam3:Central–Eastern MP
Fam4:Babar
Fam5:South Babar
Fam6:Southwest Babar
Iso3:tvm
Glotto:tela1241
Glottorefname:Tela-Masbuar

Telaa, or Tela-Masbuar (Masbuar-Tela) is an Austronesian language spoken in the two villages with those names on Babar Island in South Maluku, Indonesia.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Taber . Mark . 1993 . Toward a better understanding of the Indigenous Languages of Southwestern Maluku . Oceanic Linguistics . 32 . 2 . 389–441 . 3623199.