Banda
PrintA language of Indonesia
ISO 639-3
Population
3,000 (1987 SIL).
Location
South Maluku, Kei islands, west and northeast side of Kei Besar island, Banda-Eli and Banda-Elat villages, possibly another village.
Language Maps
Language Status
7 (Shifting).
Classification
Dialects
Elat, Eli. Different from other south Maluku languages.
Language Use
All domains. Also use Kei [kei].
Language Development
Literacy rate in L1: Below 1%.
Language Resources
The people originally came from the Banda Islands, but the language is no longer spoken there. Muslim.