Amahai language

Amahai
Native toIndonesia
RegionSeram Island, Moluccas
Native speakers
50 (2007)[1]
Austronesian
Dialects
  • Makariki
  • Rutah
  • Soahuku
Language codes
ISO 639-3amq
Glottologamah1245
ELPAmahai
Amahai language is classified as Critically Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger.

Amahai is a nearly extinct Austronesian language spoken in the Moluccas in eastern Indonesia. It might actually be two distinct languages.

References

  1. ^ Amahai at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)