Wemale

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Honitetu, Oemale, Tala

6,000 (2000 census). No monolinguals. Ethnic population: 7,500.

Maluku province: at least 14 villages on Seram island north coast, from Taniwel to Walakone towns; also southwest Seram.

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6a (Vigorous).

West Wemale, West-Central Wemale, East Wemale, South Wemale. Lexical similarity: 84% with east and west dialects, 70% with South Wemale dialect.

Vigorous. Home, neighborhood, traditional ceremonies. Used by all. Positive attitudes. All also use Ambonese Malay [abs].

Literacy rate in L2: 90% in Indonesian [ind].

Latin script [Latn].

Christian, Muslim.