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Kola

A language of Indonesia (Maluku)

ISO 639-3: kvv

Population	7,700 (1995 SIL).
Region	South Maluku, north Aru Islands, widespread on Kola Island coast, adjacent islands. 22 villages.
Language map	Indonesia, Southern Maluku
Alternate names	Kulaha, Marlasi, Warilau
Dialects	Intelligibility test showed Marlasi dialect intelligible to Kompane [kvp]. Lexical similarity: 77% with Kompane, 70% with Ujir [udj].
Classification	Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern, Central Malayo-Polynesian, Aru
Language use	Vigorous. Outsiders want to learn it.
Language development	Literacy rate in L1: Below 1%. Literacy rate in L2: 25%–50%. Bible portions: 2004.
Writing system	Latin script.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

TAKATA, Masahiro; TAKATA, Yuko, authors. 1992. "Kola phonology."

TAKATA, Yuko, author. 1992. "Word structure and reduplication in Kola."

Vernacular Publications

Dahlang dal Kola relih. 1991.