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
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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.

Sawai
Weda
Native to	Indonesia
Region	North Maluku province
Native speakers	12,000 (2000)^[1]
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`
This article contains IPA phonetic symbols. Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of Unicode characters. For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see Help:IPA.