South Halmahera languages
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See also: North Halmahera languages
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Geographic distribution | Maluku Islands |
Linguistic classification | Austronesian
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Glottolog | None east2439 (East Makian–Gane) cent2270 (Buli) |
The South Halmahera languages are the branch of Austronesian languages found along the southeast coast of the island of Halmahera in the Indonesian province of North Maluku. Irarutu is spoken in the east of the Bomberai Peninsula in West Papua province.
Most of the languages are only known from short word lists, but Taba and Buli are fairly well attested.
Classification[]
The South Halmahera languages are listed below according to Glottolog 4.0's classification, with alternate names and dialects listed from Kamholz (2014: 17):[1]
- East Makian – Gane
- Gane (Gimán; dialect: Saketa)
- Taba (East Makian, Makian Dalam; dialects: Kayoa, Southeast Makian)
- Buli languages
- Gebe (dialect: Minyaifuin)
References[]
- ^ Kamholz, David (2014). Austronesians in Papua: Diversification and change in South Halmahera–West New Guinea. Ph.D. dissertation, University of California, Berkeley. https://escholarship.org/uc/item/8zg8b1vd
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- South Halmahera–West New Guinea languages
- Languages of the Maluku Islands
- Languages of western New Guinea
- Halmahera
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