Matbat

XMT

threatened

Alternate Names: Me

Dialects: Magey, Tomolol.

Genealogy:

Austronesian
Malayo-Polynesian
Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
South Halmahera-West New Guinea
West New Guinea
Cenderawasih Bay
Raja Ampat

Demographics: 1,250 (Remijsen 2001).

Typology: Tonal; 5 tones.

Nation of Origin: Indonesia

Other Comments: Traditional religion, Christian.