Nila language

Nila
Native to	Indonesia
Region	Nila Island; relocated to Seram Island
Ethnicity	1,800 (1989)[1]
Extinct	(date missing)[2]
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Central–Eastern Timoric Southwest Maluku Teun–Nila–Serua Nila; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	nil
Glottolog	nila1244
ELP	Nila[3]

Nila is an extinct Austronesian language originally spoken on Nila Island in Maluku, Indonesia. Speakers were relocated to Seram due to volcanic activity on Nila.[4]

References

Nila language at Ethnologue (16th ed., 2009)
Nila at Ethnologue (17th ed., 2013)
Endangered Languages Project data for Nila.
Taber, Mark (1993). "Toward a better understanding of the Indigenous Languages of Southwestern Maluku". Oceanic Linguistics. 32 (2): 389–441. JSTOR 3623199.

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[1] Nila language at Ethnologue (16th ed., 2009)

[e17-2] Nila at Ethnologue (17th ed., 2013)

[ELP1-3] Endangered Languages Project data for Nila.

[4] Taber, Mark (1993). "Toward a better understanding of the Indigenous Languages of Southwestern Maluku". Oceanic Linguistics. 32 (2): 389–441. JSTOR 3623199.