ISO 639-3 · sausau
Austronesian family
Saleman
Saleman is a language of the East Central Maluku branch (Austronesian), spoken in Indonesia. Wikidata counts about 4,800 speakers. Wikidata describes it as “language in Maluku”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
sau- Glottocode
sale1244- Family
- Austronesian
- EGIDS
- 6b Threatened
- Wikipedia
- 7 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
—scripts
7levels in the tree
6bEGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Saleman |
|---|---|
| Also called | Saleman language |
| All speakers | 4,800 |
Vitality
EGIDS 6b Threatened6b
Endangered. Children are no longer learning it everywhere, or only grandparents speak it — EGIDS 6b to 8b.
Other languages at this levelfamily tree
From Austronesian to Saleman
The branches above Saleman, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Countries
Also spoken in Indonesia
engEnglishIndo-European · 1.13 bn0 · InternationalcmnMandarin ChineseSino-Tibetan · 1.07 bn1 · NationalcmnStandard ChineseSino-Tibetan · 897.1 maraArabicAfroasiatic · 315.4 mSafeindIndonesianAustronesian · 199 m1 · NationaljavJavaneseAustronesian · 84.3 m4 · EducationaltamTamilDravidian · 83 m2 · ProvincialmsaMalayAustronesian · 77 mnanSouthern MinSino-Tibetan · 48.3 m6a · VigoroushakHakka ChineseSino-Tibetan · 48.2 m5 · Developing