Benjina language

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The Benjina language is an Austronesian language spoken on the Aru Islands in eastern Indonesia, forming part of the Aru languages subgroup.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Austronesian language
language
continent Asia
country Indonesia
family Austronesian languages
geneticClassification Aru languages NERFINISHED
Austronesian languages
Central–Eastern Malayo-Polynesian languages
Malayo-Polynesian languages NERFINISHED
hasApproximateNumberOfSpeakers very few speakers
hasISO639-3Code bej (uncertain/contested mapping)
hasNeighboringLanguages other Aru languages
hasStatus local language
hasSuperstrateLanguage Indonesian language
hasWritingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script
isEndangered true
isIndigenousLanguageOf Aru Islands NERFINISHED
isMinorityLanguageIn Indonesia NERFINISHED
isPartOf Aru languages subgroup NERFINISHED
isSpokenBy indigenous communities of Aru Islands
isSpokenOn Benjina (Aru Islands) NERFINISHED
isUnderInfluenceOf Indonesian language
languageFamilyBranch Central–Eastern Malayo-Polynesian languages NERFINISHED
Malayo-Polynesian languages NERFINISHED
locatedInTimeZone UTC+9
region Maluku NERFINISHED
spokenIn Aru Islands NERFINISHED
Indonesia
eastern Indonesia
subfamilyOf Aru languages NERFINISHED

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Aru languages hasMember Benjina language