Emplawas

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A language of Indonesia

ISO 639-3
emw
Population

250 (2007 SIL).

Location

Southern Maluku Province, Emplawas village. Babar island, southern tip, then northwest.

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Language Status

8b (Nearly extinct).

Classification
Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Babar, South, Southwest Babar
Language Use

Only the elders. Almost complete shift to the regional Malay variety, which is probably a dialect of Ambonese Malay [abs] or Indonesian [ind], which is used in all domains. Speakers also use Indonesian primarily in government and Christian religious domains.

Language Development
Literacy rate in L1: Below 1%.
Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Emplawas
Other Comments

Christian.