Kei–Tanimbar languages
Subgroup of the Austronesian language family
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The Kei–Tanimbar languages are a small group of Austronesian languages spoken on the Kei and Tanimbar islands in the southern Maluku Islands, and on the north side of the Bomberai Peninsula.[1][2] The languages include:
Geographic
distributionIndonesia (Maluku Islands)
distributionIndonesia (Maluku Islands)
Proto-languageProto-Kei–Tanimbar
| Kei–Tanimbar | |
|---|---|
| Southeast Maluku Tanimbar–Bomberai | |
| Geographic distribution | Indonesia (Maluku Islands) |
| Linguistic classification | Austronesian
|
| Proto-language | Proto-Kei–Tanimbar |
| Language codes | |
| Glottolog | keit1238 |
Grimes & Edwards add the following languages, previously incertae sedis, and rename the family Tanimbar–Bomberai:[3]
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