Banda
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A language of Indonesia
ISO 639-3
Population
3,000 (1987 SIL).
Location
Maluku Province, south, Kei islands, Maluku Tenggara regency, west and northeast side of Kei Besar island, Banda-Eli and Banda-Elat villages, possibly a third.
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Language Status
7 (Shifting).
Classification
Dialects
Eli, Elat. Different from other south Maluku languages.
Language Resources
Writing
Unwritten [Qaax].
The people originally came from the Banda Islands, but the language is no longer spoken there. Muslim.