Maden language

Maden is an Austronesian language spoken on the west of Salawati Island, in the Raja Ampat Islands in Indonesian New Guinea.

Maden
Salawati
Native toIndonesia
RegionSalawati Island
Native speakers
600 (2001)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3xmx
Glottologmade1253

Dialects

The dialects of Maden are as follows:[2]:17

  • Butleh, also called Banlol (exonym) or Fiawat (village name)[3]
  • Kawit
  • Tepin/Tipin

References

  1. Maden at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. Kamholz, David (2014). Austronesians in Papua: Diversification and change in South Halmahera–West New Guinea. Ph.D. dissertation, University of California, Berkeley. https://escholarship.org/uc/item/8zg8b1vd
  3. LAISEANG: Butleh
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