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Wemale people
Total population
7,500
Regions with significant populations
Indonesia (Seram Island, Moluccan Islands)
Languages
Wemale language (weo); Classification: Malayo-Polynesian, Indonesian language
Religion
Christianity, Animism
Related ethnic groups
Alune people
The Wemale people are an ethnic group of Seram Island, Indonesia. They number over 7,500[1] and live in 39 villages of the central area of the island. Like the Alune people in the west, the Wemale people originate from a common ancestral group called the Patasiwa.[2]
The Wemale language is of Malayo-Polynesian origin and it is divided into a northern and a southern variety, having dialects known as Horale, Kasieh, Uwenpantai, Honitetu and Kawe.[1][3] Northern Wemale is spoken by about 5,000 people and the Southern Wemale is spoken by about 3,700 people.[4] The Hainuwele legend is an origin myth from the Wemale and Alune folklore.[5] It was recorded by German ethnologist Adolf Ellegard Jensen in a 1937–1938 expedition to the Maluku Islands.[6]
^Reuter, Thomas, ed. (2006). Sharing the Earth, Dividing the Land: Land and Territory in the Austronesian World. Canberra: ANU E Press. doi:10.22459/SEDL.10.2006. ISBN 19-209-4270-X.
^"Wemale, South". Ethnologue. Archived from the original on July 15, 2007.
^List of languages in Indonesia
^Leeming, David (2005). The Oxford Companion to World Mythology. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/acref/9780195156690.001.0001. ISBN 978-0-19-515669-0. Archived from the original on September 28, 2013 – via www.oxfordreference.com.
^Adolf Ellegard Jensen: Hainuwele. Volkserzählungen von der Molukken-Insel Ceram. Vittorio Klostermann, Frankfurt am Main 1939
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Indonesia (Seram Island, Moluccan Islands)