Perai

A language of Indonesia (Maluku)

Population	280 (Hinton 2000).
Region	Southwest Maluku, Wetar Island northeast coast, north of Timor, Uhak and Moning villages.
Language map	Indonesia, Nusa Tenggara and Southwestern Maluku
Alternate names	Tutunohan
Dialects	Moning, Uhak. Lexical similarity: 93% among dialects, 79% with Aputai [apx], 76% with Tugun [tzn], 67% with Ili’uun [ilu], 51% with Talur [ilw].
Classification	Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern, Central Malayo-Polynesian, Timor, Extra-Ramelaic, North, Wetar
Language use	Most also use Malay [abs].
Language development	Literacy rate in L1: Below 1%.
Comments	Intermarry with the Kisar [kje]. Swidden agriculturalists: maize. Christian.

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