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Indigenous Languages of Southwestern Maluku is a document available to read on EtoBox.

The document summarizes a recent linguistic survey of the indigenous languages spoken in southwestern Maluku, Indonesia. The survey found data from 41 villages using word lists to determine that there are at least 19 languages spoken across the 19 islands. Previous classifications of the languages were examined and found to be inconsistent or lacking evidence. The results of the new survey help provide a better understanding of the number of languages, their boundaries, and relationships to each other and o

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