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

Lisela

A language of Indonesia (Maluku)

ISO 639-3lcl

Population  11,900 (1989 SIL).
Region  Central Maluku, Buru Island, north, northeast, north central coastal strips, and northwest, lower Wae Geren and Vae Apo valleys. Some in Ambon.
Language map  Indonesia, Central Maluku
Alternate names   Buru, Li Enyorot, Liet Enjorot, North Buru, Wayapo
Dialects  Lisela (Licela, Licella), Tagalisa.
Classification  Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern, Central Malayo-Polynesian, Central Maluku, Buru
Language use  Shifting to Ambonese Malay [abs].
Comments  Swidden agriculturalists; eucalyptus oil. Muslim, traditional religion.