Emplawas

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A language of Indonesia

ISO 639-3
emw
User Population

250 (2007 SIL).

Location

Maluku province: Maluku Barat Daya regency, Emplawas village, south Babar island.

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Language Status

8b (Nearly extinct).

Classification
Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Babar, South, Southwest Babar
Language Use

Elderly only. All shifted to Ambonese Malay [abs], or a variety of it, in almost all domains. Some also use Indonesian [ind]. in government and Christian religious domains.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Emplawas
Writing

Unwritten [Qaax].

Other Comments

Christian.