Raja Ampat–South Halmahera languages
| Raja Ampat–South Halmahera | |
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| Halmahera Sea | |
| Geographic distribution | Halmahera Sea and Raja Ampat Islands |
| Linguistic classification | Austronesian |
| Proto-language | Proto-Raja Ampat–South Halmahera (Proto-RASH) |
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| Language codes | |
| Glottolog | raja1255 |
The Raja Ampat–South Halmahera languages are a branch of Malayo-Polynesian languages of eastern Indonesia. They are spoken on islands in the Halmahera Sea, and on its margins from the south-eastern coast of Halmahera to the Raja Ampat Islands off the western tip of New Guinea.
The languages of the Raja Ampat Islands show a strong Papuan substratum influence; it is not clear that they are actually Austronesian as opposed to relexified Papuan languages.
Remijsen (2001) and Blust (1978) linked the languages of Raja Ampat to the South Halmahera languages.