Wemale, South
A language of Indonesia (Maluku)
| Population | 3,730 (1987 SIL). |
| Region | Central Maluku, west Seram, Kairatu, mainly interior, and Amahai District westernmost coast. 15 villages. |
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Indonesia, Central Maluku |
| Alternate names | Honitetu, Tala |
| Dialects | Dialect chain between Horale [weo], Kasieh [weo], Uwenpantai [weo], and Honitetu dialect. Kawe [kgb] may be a dialect. Lexical similarity: 80% between the Horale and Kasieh dialects of Wemale, North [weo], and between Uwenpantai dialect of Wemale, North and the Honitetu dialect, 72% with North Wemale, 66% with Hulung [huk], 47% with Yalahatan [jal]. |
| Classification | Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern, Central Malayo-Polynesian, Central Maluku, East, Seram, Nunusaku, Three Rivers, Wemale |
| Language use | Vigorous. |
| Language development | Literacy rate in L1: Below 1%. |
| Comments | Christian. |
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