Maʼya language

Maʼya
Native toIndonesia
RegionRaja Ampat Islands
Native speakers
(5,000 cited 2000–2001)
Language codes
ISO 639-3Variously:
slz  Ma'ya
kgb  Kawe
lcc  Legenyem
wuy  Wauyai
Glottolograja1258
ELPLegenyem
Maʼya
Coordinates: 0°52′S 130°39′E / 0.86°S 130.65°E / -0.86; 130.65

Maʼya is an Austronesian language of the Raja Ampat islands in Southwest Papua, Indonesia. It is part of the South Halmahera–West New Guinea (SHWNG) subgroup and is spoken by about 6,000 people in coastal villages on the islands Misool, Salawati, and Waigeo, on the boundary between Austronesian and Papuan languages.