Kayeli

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A language of Indonesia

ISO 639-3
kzl
Alternate Names
Caeli, Cajeli, Gaeli, Kajeli
User Population

No known L1 speakers. Last speaker of Leliali dialect died in 1989, and last speaker of Lumaete dialect died in the 1990s.

Location

Maluku province: Buru regency, northeast Buru island, Kayeli bay area.

Language Status

9 (Dormant).

Classification
Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Central Maluku, East, Seram, Nunusaku, Kayeli
Dialects

Kayeli, Leliali (Liliali), Lumaete (Lumaiti, Lumara, Mumaite).

Language Use

Many shifted to Ambonese Malay [abs] (Wurm 2007). Many shifted to Lisela [lcl] (Wurm 2007).

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Kayeli
Writing

Unwritten [Qaax].

Other Comments

Muslim.