Sawai language

Sawai
Sawai
Weda
Native to	Indonesia
Region	North Maluku province
Native speakers	12,000 (2000)
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Central–Eastern Malayo-Polynesian Eastern Malayo-Polynesian South Halmahera–West New Guinea Halmahera Sea South Halmahera Buli Sawai; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Dialects	Weda; Sawai; Kobe; Faya-Mafa; Messa-Dote;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	szw
Glottolog	sawa1247

The Sawai language (also Weda) is a South Halmahera language of the Austronesian language family spoken in the Weda and Gane Timor districts of southern Halmahera, northern Maluku Province, Indonesia. There are approximately 12,000 speakers.

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