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The Central Malayo-Polynesian languages are spoken in the Lesser Sunda and Maluku Islands of the Banda Sea, in an area corresponding closely to the Indonesian provinces of East Nusa Tenggara and Maluku and the nation of East Timor (excepting the Papuan languages of Timor and nearby islands), but with the Bima language extending to the eastern ...
Malayo-Polynesian. Oceanic. Central Pacific. East Fijian – Polynesian. Polynesian; Proto-language: Proto-Polynesian: Subdivisions: Tongic; Nuclear Polynesian; Glottolog: poly1242
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Jun 19, 2023 · Kei (Veveu Evav) Kei is a member of the Central-Eastern branch of Malayo-Polynesian language family. It has about 85,000 speakers in the Kei/Kai Islands in the Southeast Maluku Regency of Maluku Province in eastern Indonesia. In particular, it is spoken on the islands of Kei Kecil (Little Kai) and Kei Besar (Great Kai) and nearby islands.
The languages are spoken in the Lesser Sunda and Maluku Islands of the Banda Sea, in an area corresponding closely to the Indonesian provinces of East Nusa Tenggara and Maluku and the nation of East Timor , but with the Bima language extending to the eastern half of Sumbawa Island in the province of West Nusa Tenggara and the Sula languages of ...
ROBERT BLUST. UNIVERSITY OF HAWAI'I. Evidence is presented for two large subgroups of Austronesian languages, Central Malayo-Polynesian (CMP) and Central-Eastern. Malayo-Polynesian (CEMP). CEMP, encompassing all of the approxi- mately 600 Austronesian languages of eastern Indonesia and the Pacific.
Central Maluku languages. The Central Maluku languages are a proposed subgroup of the Central–Eastern Malayo-Polynesian branch of the Austronesian language family which comprises around fifty languages spoken principally on the Seram, Buru, Ambon, Kei, and the Sula Islands.
