ISO 639:vme

Masela
Marsela
Native toIndonesia
RegionMaluku
Native speakers
(1,900 cited 1980–2007)[1]
Austronesian
Language codes
ISO 639-3Variously:
mxz – Central Masela
vme – East Masela
mss – West Masela
Glottologcent2072  Central
east2462  East
west2535  West

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

References

  1. ^ Central Masela at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
    East Masela at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
    West Masela at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

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.