Seluwasan

SWS

threatened

Alternate Names: Selvasa, Selwasa

Dialects: Makatian, Seluwasan. Makatian dialect quite different from others.

Genealogy:

Austronesian
Malayo-Polynesian
Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
Southeast Maluku
Southern

Demographics: 2,840 (Florey 2005). 740 in Makatian, 2,100 in Seluwasan.

Language Use: Possibly endangered (Florey 2005).

Nation of Origin: Indonesia

Other Comments: Christian (Protestant).