Masela language explained

Masela
Also Known As:Marsela
States:Indonesia
Region:Maluku
Speakers:1,900
Date:1980–2007
Ref:e18
Familycolor:Austronesian
Fam2:Malayo-Polynesian (MP)
Fam3:Central–Eastern MP
Fam4:Babar
Fam5:South Babar
Fam6:Masela–Southeast
Lc1:mxz
Ld1:Central Masela
Lc2:vme
Ld2:East Masela
Lc3:mss
Ld3:West Masela
Glotto:cent2072
Glottoname:Central
Glottorefname:Central Masela
Glotto2:east2462
Glottoname2:East
Glottorefname2:East Masela
Glotto3:west2535
Glottoname3:West
Glottorefname3:West Masela

Masela (Marsela) is the language of Marsela Island in southern Maluku, Indonesia. Regional varieties are distinct; Ethnologue counts it as three languages.

Further reading

Taber, Mark (1993). "Toward a Better Understanding of the Indigenous Languages of Southwestern Maluku." Oceanic Linguistics, Vol. 32, No. 2 (Winter, 1993), pp. 389–441. University of Hawai'i.