Saleman

SAU

threatened

Alternate Names: Hatue, Sawai, Seleman, Wahai

Dialects: None known. Lexical similarity: 64% with North Nuaulu ,, 48% with South Nuaulu ,.

Genealogy:

Austronesian
Malayo-Polynesian
Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
Central Maluku
East
Seram
Sawai-Nuaulu

Demographics: 4,800 (1989 SIL).

Language Use: Vigorous except in Wahai.

Nation of Origin: Indonesia

Other Comments: Muslim.