Alternate Names: Gesa, Geser, Goram, Goran, Gorom, Gorong, Seram, Seran, Seran Laut
Dialects: Goram Laut, Kelimuri, Mina Mina Gorong. Lexical similarity: 73%–93% among dialects, 51%–61% with Watubela ,.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 36,500 (1989 SIL).
Language Use: Two villages of mainly Muslim Geser and Bugis [bug] also use Fordata [frd]. Also use Indonesian [ind]. Used as L2 by Bati [bvt], Masiwang [bnf], Watubela [wah].
Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: Below 1%. Literacy rate in L2: 50%–75%.
Writing System: Latin
Nation of Origin: Indonesia
Other Comments: Muslim.