Social:Nila language

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Short description: Austronesian language in Maluku
Nila
Native toIndonesia
RegionNila Island; relocated to Seram Island
Extinct1999e25
Austronesian
  • Malayo-Polynesian
    • Central–Eastern
      • Nuclear South Moluccan
        • Kisar-Babar
          • Southwest Maluku
            • Teun–Nila–Serua
              • Nila
Language codes
ISO 639-3nil
nil.html
Glottolognila1244[1]

Nila is an extinct Austronesian language originally spoken on Nila Island in Maluku, Indonesia. Speakers were relocated to Seram due to volcanic activity on Nila.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds (2017). "Nila". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History. http://glottolog.org/resource/languoid/id/nila1244. 
  2. ↑ Taber, Mark (1993). "Toward a better understanding of the Indigenous Languages of Southwestern Maluku". Oceanic Linguistics 32 (2): 389–441. doi:10.2307/3623199. 

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