Dialects: Elat, Eli. Different from other south Maluku languages.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 3,000 (1987 SIL).
Language Use: All domains. Also use Kei [kei]. Used as L2 by Kei [kei].
Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: Below 1%.
Nation of Origin: Indonesia
Other Comments: The people originally came from the Banda Islands, but the language is no longer spoken there. Muslim.