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(Redirected from Tela'a language) Austronesian language spoken in Maluku, Indonesia
Telaʼa
Tela-Masbuar
Native toIndonesia
RegionMaluku
Native speakers1,100 (2007)
Language familyAustronesian
Language codes
ISO 639-3tvm
Glottologtela1241

Telaʼa, or Tela-Masbuar (Masbuar-Tela) is an Austronesian language spoken in the two villages with those names on Babar Island in South Maluku, Indonesia.

References

  1. Telaʼa at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. Taber, Mark (1993). "Toward a better understanding of the Indigenous Languages of Southwestern Maluku". Oceanic Linguistics. 32 (2): 389–441. JSTOR 3623199.
Central Malayo–Polynesian
Aru
Central Maluku *
West
East
Nunusaku
Piru Bay ?
Flores–Lembata
Lamaholot
Kei–Tanimbar ?
Sumba–Flores
Sumba–Hawu
Savu
Sumba
Western Flores
Timoric *
Babar
Central Timor *
Kawaimina
Luangic–Kisaric ?
Rote–Meto
TNS
Wetar–Galoli ?
Others
  • * indicates proposed status
  • ? indicates classification dispute
  • † indicates extinct status
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Paniai Lakes
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