South Banda languages subgroup

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The South Banda languages subgroup is a branch of the Austronesian language family comprising closely related languages spoken primarily in the Banda Sea region of eastern Indonesia.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Austronesian languages subgroup
language subgroup
country Indonesia
hasAncestor Proto-Austronesian language
Central Malayo-Polynesian languages
surface form: Proto-Central–Eastern Malayo-Polynesian language

Proto-Malayo-Polynesian language
hasBranch Malayo-Polynesian languages
hasCharacteristic closely related member languages
maritime distribution
spoken on small islands
hasDomain local culture
oral tradition
hasLinguisticFamily Austronesian languages
surface form: Austronesian
hasResearchField Austronesian linguistics
comparative linguistics
historical linguistics
hasStatus minority languages
hasWritingSystem Latin script
locatedIn Banda Sea
surface form: Banda Sea region

eastern Indonesia
partOf Austronesian languages
surface form: Austronesian language family
region Maritime Southeast Asia
Southeast Asia
subclassOf Central Malayo-Polynesian languages
surface form: Central–Eastern Malayo-Polynesian languages
typologicallyRelatedTo other Central–Eastern Malayo-Polynesian languages
usedIn local inter-island communication

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Austronesian languages hasSubfamily South Banda languages subgroup