Banda
A language of Indonesia (Maluku)
| Population | 3,000 (1987 SIL). |
| Region | South Maluku, Kei Islands, west and northeast side of Kei Besar Island, Banda-Eli and Banda-Elat villages, possibly another village. |
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Indonesia, Southern Maluku |
| Dialects | Eli, Elat. Different from other languages of south Maluku. |
| Classification | Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern, Central Malayo-Polynesian, Central Maluku, East, Banda-Geser |
| Language use | All domains. Also use Kei [kei]. |
| Language development | Literacy rate in L1: Below 1%. |
| Comments | Muslim. |
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