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Bati language (Indonesia)

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Bati
Minakyesu, Minakesi
Native toIndonesia (Maluku Islands)
RegionSeram (mainly in Kian Darat district)
EthnicityBati people
Native speakers
(3,500 cited 1989)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3bvt
Glottologbati1253
ELPBati (Indonesia)

Bati (endonym: Minakyesu or Minakesi lit.'mountain language')[3] is an Austronesian language of eastern Seram Island, Indonesia. It is closely related to Geser and Watubela.[4]

References

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  1. Bati at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. Grimes, Charles E. & Owen Edwards. 2026. The Austronesian languages of eastern Indonesia and Timor-Leste: Unravelling their prehistory and classification. Berlin: Language Science Press.
  3. Pelupessy, Pieter J. (2012). Esuriun Orang Bati (in Indonesian) (1st ed.). Salatiga: Satya Wacana Christian University. p. 10. ISBN 9789791790567.
  4. Loski, Russell A.; Loski, Gail M. (1989). "The languages indigenous to Eastern Seram and adjacent islands". In Wyn D. Laidig (ed.), Maluku (Workpapers in Indonesian Languages and Cultures, Vol. 6), 103-142. Ambon: Pattimura University and the Summer Institute of Linguistics.