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Where is Ambonese Malay spoken?

Ambonese Malay is an Austronesian language, spoken in Indonesia. It is marked on the map by a ringed point.

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  • Atlantic-Congo
  • Austronesian
  • Sino-Tibetan
  • Indo-European
  • Afro-Asiatic
  • Nuclear Trans New Guinea
  • Otomanguean
  • Austroasiatic
  • Tai-Kadai
  • Pama-Nyungan

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Where Ambonese Malay is spoken

Ambonese Malay is spoken in one country: Indonesia.

Country
Indonesia

Ambonese Malay has no area on the map because no open area map covers it. The ringed point is the position Glottolog gives for the language.

How many people speak Ambonese Malay?

Wikidata holds no speaker count for this language.

Status: Not endangered. Glottolog lists it as not endangered: it is still being passed on to children.

Where Ambonese Malay sits in the language family tree

Glottolog classifies Ambonese Malay as follows, from the largest family down to the language itself.

  1. Austronesian
  2. Malayo-Polynesian
  3. Malayo-Chamic
  4. Malayic
  5. Nuclear Malayic
  6. Vehicular Malay
  7. Eastern Indonesia Trade Malay
  8. Ambonic Malay
  9. Ambonese Malay

Related languages

Other languages in the Ambonic Malay group:

More about Ambonese Malay

Codes: ISO 639-3 abs, Glottolog ambo1250. Glottolog macroarea: Papunesia.

Questions about Ambonese Malay

Where is Ambonese Malay spoken?

Ambonese Malay is spoken in Indonesia. On the map it is shown as a single point, because no open area map covers it.

Which language family is Ambonese Malay in?

Glottolog places Ambonese Malay in the Austronesian family, in the branch Malayo-Polynesian, Malayo-Chamic, Malayic, Nuclear Malayic, Vehicular Malay, Eastern Indonesia Trade Malay and Ambonic Malay.

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