Sula language
Austronesian language spoken in North Maluku, Indonesia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sula is a Malayo-Polynesian language of the Central Maluku branch. It is related to the Buru language.
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Native to | Indonesia, Maluku |
Region | Sula Islands |
Native speakers | (20,000 cited 1983)[1] |
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ISO 639-3 | szn |
Glottolog | sula1245 |
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It is definitely endangered, currently under pressure from the local variety of Malay.[2]
Sula has borrowed many lexical items from Ambonese Malay, as well as Ternate, a more dominant language of North Maluku.[2]: 141, 342–535 Dutch loans have entered the language too, perhaps through Malay and Ternate. Standard Indonesian has also been influential.[2]: 141