Selaru languages
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The Selaru languages are a pair of Austronesian languages
(geographically Central–Eastern Malayo-Polynesian languages) spoken in the Tanimbar Islands
of Indonesia. They are not closely related, being 56% lexically similar (Ethnologue).
Austronesian languages
The Austronesian languages are a language family widely dispersed throughout the islands of Southeast Asia and the Pacific, with a few members spoken on continental Asia that are spoken by about 386 million people. It is on par with Indo-European, Niger-Congo, Afroasiatic and Uralic as one of the...
(geographically Central–Eastern Malayo-Polynesian languages) spoken in the Tanimbar Islands
Tanimbar Islands
The Tanimbar Islands, also called Timor Laut, are a group of about 65 islands in the Maluku province of Indonesia, including Fordata, Larat, Maru, Molu, Nuswotar, Selaru, Selu, Seira, Wotap, Wuliaru and Yamdena.-Geography:...
of Indonesia. They are not closely related, being 56% lexically similar (Ethnologue).