Masiwang

A language of Indonesia

ISO 639-3

Alternate Names

Bonfia

Population

1,000 (1989 SIL).

Location

Maluku Province, Bula district. Seram island; area along northeast coast, up from Waru bay.

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Language Status

6a (Vigorous).

Classification

Dialects

Lexical similarity: 44% with Bobot [bty], 43% with Salas [sgu], 39% with Sepa [spb] and Teluti [tlt], 36% with Liana Seti [ste] and Yalahatan [jal].

Language Use

Used by Salas as L2. Some also use Geser-Gorom [ges].

Language Development

Grammar.

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