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Ethnologue > Web version > Country index > Asia > Indonesia (Maluku) > Bobot

Bobot

A language of Indonesia (Maluku)

ISO 639-3bty

Population  4,500 (1989 SIL).
Region  Central Maluku, southeast Seram, Werinama District, from Atiahu village to Kota Baru, and Tunsai village in Liana area.
Language map  Indonesia, Central Maluku
Alternate names   Ahtiago, Atiahu, Hatumeten, Ntau, Werinama
Dialects  Lexical similarity: 44% with Sepa [spb] and Teluti [tlt], 42% with Yalahatan [jal].
Classification  Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern, Central Malayo-Polynesian, Central Maluku, East, Seram, Bobot
Language development  Literacy rate in L1: Below 1%.
Comments  Atiahu is a village name, not a dialect. Muslim.