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The Piru Bay languages are a group of twenty Malayo-Polynesian languages, spoken on Ambon Island and around Piru Bay on the island of Seram. None of the languages have more than about twenty thousand speakers, and several are endangered with extinction. ==Classification== The languages are as follows:〔 *West Piru Bay (Seram and Ambon islands) * *Asilulu * *Hoamoal: Luhu (Piru), Manipa; Larike-Wakasihu, Boano *East Piru Bay * *Sepa, Teluti * *Seram Straits * * *Paulohi (Solehua) (divergent) * * *Kaibobo * * *East Ambon: Hitu, Tulehu; Laha, Seit-Kaitetu * * *Uliase (Lease Islands) * * * *Kamarian * * * *Hatuhaha * * * * *Haruku * * * * *Saparuan * * * * * *Elpaputi: Amahai, Nusa Laut * * * * * *Saparua: Saparua, Latu Many of the Piru Bay languages form a dialect continuum. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「Piru Bay languages」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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