ILU ISO 639-3
Ili’uun
A language of Indonesia
- ISO 639
- ilu
- Alternate Names
- Erai, Hahutan, Hahutau, Iliun, Ilmaumau, Limera
- Population
- 1,400 (1990 SIL).
- Location:
- Maluku province: Erai, Esulit, Ilmaumau, Istutun, Karbubu, Klishatu, Nabar, and Telemar villages southwest; Lirang island; Wetar island southwest tip.
- Language Status
- 6b* (Threatened).
- Classification
- Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Timor-Babar, Southwest Maluku, Wetar
- Dialects
- Telemar, Karbubu, Ustutun, Klishatu, Ilmaumau, Erai (Eray), Nabar, Esulit, Dadu’a. All also use the Ili’uun dialect. Lexical similarity: 93%–97% among dialects, 73% with Tugun [tzn], 69% with Aputai [apx], 67% with Perai [wet], 51% with Galolen [gal].
- Language Use
- Jeh and Juru have no remaining speakers. Also use Ambonese Malay [abs].
- Language Development
- Texts.
- Language Resources
- OLAC resources in and about Ili’uun
- Writing
- Unwritten [Qaax].
- Other Comments
- Christian.
Also Spoken in
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Location: Maluku province: Erai, Esulit, Ilmaumau, Istutun, Karbubu, Klishatu, Nabar, and Telemar villages southwest; Lirang island; Wetar island southwest tip.
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