Banda

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A language of Indonesia

ISO 639-3
bnd
User Population

3,000 (1987 SIL).

Location

Maluku province: Maluku Tenggara regency, Banda-Eli and Banda-Elat villages, possibly a third; Kei Besar island west and northeast.

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Language Status

7 (Shifting).

Classification
Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Central Maluku, East, Banda-Geser
Dialects

Eli, Elat. Different from other south Maluku languages.

Language Use

All domains. Shifting to Kei [kei]. Used as L2 by Kei [kei].

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Banda
Writing

Unwritten [Qaax].

Other Comments

The people originally came from the Banda Islands, but the language is no longer spoken there. Muslim.