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

Karey

A language of Indonesia (Maluku)

ISO 639-3kyd

Population  950 (1995 SIL).
Region  South Maluku, south Aru Islands, Karey Valley, east coast of Tarangan Island.
Language map  Indonesia, Southern Maluku
Alternate names   Kerei, Krei
Dialects  Lexical similarity: 70% with East Tarangan [tre] and Batuley [bay].
Classification  Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern, Central Malayo-Polynesian, Aru
Language use  Vigorous.
Language development  Literacy rate in L1: Below 1%.
Comments  Christian, Muslim.