Watubela language

Watubela
Native toIndonesia (Maluku Islands)
RegionWatubela Islands
Native speakers
(4,000 cited 1990)
Language codes
ISO 639-3wah
Glottologwatu1247

Watubela is an Austronesian language of the Maluku Islands, Indonesia. It is closely related to Geser.

It reflects Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *q as k, such as lalak "blood" < *daʀaq and katlu "egg" < *qatəluʀ.