Extinct Austronesian language of Serua Island, Indonesia
Serua
Native to
Indonesia
Region
Seram Island
Extinct
(date missing)[1]
Language family
Austronesian
Malayo-Polynesian
Central–Eastern
Timoric
Southwest Maluku
Teun–Nila–Serua
Serua
Language codes
ISO 639-3
srw
Linguist List
srw.html
Glottolog
seru1245
Serua is an almost extinct Austronesian language originally spoken on Serua Island in Maluku, Indonesia. Speakers were relocated to Seram due to volcanic activity on Serua. The language continues in communities in Waipia in Seram, where the islanders were resettled, along with those also from Nila and Teun. Here, the older generation retain the island language as a strong form of identity.
At the end of WWII, many Seruans were relocated to the Netherlands. Having fought on the side of the Dutch during Indonesian independence, they became part of the KNIL resettlement. The TNS (Teun Nila Serua) groups maintain an island community in the Netherlands, but the language is not maintained.
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