Endangered Moluccan Languages: Eastern Indonesia & the Dutch diaspora
Welcome to the Endangered Moluccan Languages site. This project is a joint collaboration by linguists Dr Margaret Florey (Monash University, Australia), Dr Michael Ewing (Melbourne University, Australia), Dr Simon Musgrave (Monash University, Australia), Prof Dr Nikolaus Himmelmann, (Ruhr-Universitt Bochum, Germany) and Mw Drs Betty Litamahuputty, (Max Planck Institute Field Station, Jakarta, Indonesia).
Running over four years (2003-2006), this project aims to document five previously undescribed languages: Allang (Ambon Island), Haruku (Haruku Island), the language spoken in the villages of Amahei, Makariki, Ruta, and Soahuku (Seram Island), Nusalaut (Nusalaut Island), and the language spoken in the villages of Tenga-Tenga, Tial, Tulehu, Liang and Waai (Ambon Island). A cross-linguistic analysis of several grammatical aspects of Central Moluccan languages will also draw on four previously documented languages (Alune, Buru, Larike, Nuaulu).
Contact
Email: Maluku@arts.monash.edu.au
Postgraduate courses in Studies in Language Endangerment are now offered by Linguistics at Monash University. Details can be found here.