required) West Masela at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required) Taber, Mark (1993). "Toward a Better Understanding of the Indigenous Languages of...

North: Dawera-Daweloor, North Babar, Dai South Masela – South Babar: Central Masela; East Masela, West Masela, Serili, Southeast Babar Southwest Babar: Emplawas;...

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tonal languages are Moklen and a few languages of the Chamic, South Halmahera–West New Guinea and New Caledonian subgroups. Most Austronesian languages are...

Atauran is an Austronesian language spoken on Atauro island and in Manatuto Municipality, East Timor. It is closely related to Wetarese and Galoli. Atauran...

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Dialects and Language Change, pp. 28-46. Routledge, 2022. Akindipe, Omotola; Masela, Ulama; Kiala, Laura. "Learn Lingala (Months)". Learn Lingala. Van Everbroeck...

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Palembang Malay as well Minangkabau spoken in neighbouring West Sumatra than to the Rejang language, which is also spoken in the province. Bengkulu is written...

symbols instead of Balinese characters. Balinese is a Malayo-Polynesian language spoken on the Indonesian island of Bali, as well as Northern Nusa Penida...

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(officially: Shanan dhugo) is a woreda in Oromia Region, Ethiopia. Part of the West Hararghe Zone, Mesela is bordered on the southwest by the Galetti River which...

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