Yamdena language

Yamdena
Yamdena
Native to	Indonesia
Region	Maluku Islands
Native speakers	69,000 (2023)
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian (MP) Central–Eastern MP Kei–Tanimbar Yamdena–North Bomberai Yamdena; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	jmd
Glottolog	yamd1240

Yamdena is an Austronesian language of Yamdena and surrounding islands in the Maluku Islands in Indonesia. In 1991 there were an estimated 25,000 speakers of the language. Current BPS data has the present number of speakers at 69,000.

^ Yamdena at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

[e18-1] Yamdena at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

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