Nila language

Nila
Native to Indonesia
Region Nila Island; relocated to Seram Island
Ethnicity 1,800 (1989)[1]
Extinct (date missing)[2]
Austronesian
Language codes
ISO 639-3 nil
Glottolog nila1244[3]

Nila is an extinct Austronesian language originally spoken on Nila Island in Maluku, Indonesia. Speakers were relocated to Seram due to volcanic activity on Nila.

References

  1. ↑ Nila language at Ethnologue (16th ed., 2009)
  2. ↑ Nila at Ethnologue (17th ed., 2013)
  3. ↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Nila". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
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