Masela, West

MSS

threatened

Alternate Names: West Marsela

Genealogy:

Austronesian
Malayo-Polynesian
Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
Babar
South
Masela-South Babar

Demographics: 850 (2007 SIL).

Language Use: Vigorous. Home, gardens, village, ceremonies, religion. Also use a regional Malay variety, probably a dialect of Ambonese Malay [abs], in all domains, except home and cultural domains. Also use Indonesian [ind] primarily in government and Christian religious domains.

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

Nation of Origin: Indonesia

Other Comments: Christian.