Manusela language

Manusela is an Austronesian language spoken in Seram, Indonesia. It is classified by Collins (1983) as a member of the Central Maluku subgroup.^[2]

Manusela
Wahinama
Sou Upaa
Native to	Indonesia (Maluku Islands)
Region	Seram
Ethnicity	Manusela people
Native speakers	(7,000 cited 1989)[1]
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian (MP) Central–Eastern MP Central Maluku East Central Maluku Nunusaku Patakai–Manusela Manusela
Language codes
ISO 639-3	wha
Glottolog	manu1258

Phonology

	Labial	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Nasal	m	n	(ɲ)	(ŋ)
Plosive	p	t		k
Fricative	f	s			h
Rhotic		r
Lateral		l
Semivowel	w		j

[ŋ ɲ] as well as voiced stops [b d ɡ] appear in loanwords from other languages.^[3]

	Front	Back
Close	i	u
Mid	e	o
Open	a