Ambelau

AMV

vigorous

Alternate Names: Amblau

Dialects: None known. Not intelligible with Buru ,.

Genealogy:

Austronesian
Malayo-Polynesian
Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
Central Maluku
Ambelau

Demographics: 5,700 (1989 SIL). Ethnic population: 5,700.

Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: Below 1%.

Nation of Origin: Indonesia

Other Comments: Schools through junior high on the island. Wild pigs and rocky terrain on Ambelau make cultivation impossible; that is done in Wae Tawa village on Buru Island. Muslim.