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.
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.