Subgroup of the Austronesian language family
The Kei–Tanimbar languages are a small group of Austronesian languages spoken on the Kei and Tanimbar islands in the southern Maluku Islands, and on the north side of the Bomberai Peninsula. The languages include:
- Kei–Tanimbar
- Kei–Fordata
- Yamdena–North Bomberai
Grimes & Edwards add the following languages, previously incertae sedis, and rename the family Tanimbar–Bomberai:
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