Matbat language

Matbat
Matbat
Misool
Native to	Indonesia
Region	Misool, Raja Ampat islands
Native speakers	1,000–1,500 (2001)
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Central–Eastern Malayo-Polynesian Eastern Malayo-Polynesian South Halmahera–West New Guinea Halmahera Sea Maya–Matbat Matbat; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	xmt
Glottolog	matb1237
	Matbat
	Coordinates: 1°53′S 130°04′E / 1.88°S 130.07°E

Matbat is a heavily Papuan-influenced Austronesian language spoken in West Papua, Indonesia, on the island of Misool, Raja Ampat islands.^[1] Its dialects are Magey and Tomolol.^[2]^: 17 Similar to the neighboring Ma'ya language, Matbat is one of a handful of Austronesian languages with true lexical tone rather than a pitch-accent system or complete lack of phonemic tonal contrasts as with most other Austronesian languages.^[3]

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[Kamholz-2] Kamholz, David (2014). Austronesians in Papua: Diversification and Change in South Halmahera–West New Guinea (Ph.D. thesis). University of California, Berkeley.

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