The Kei–Tanimbar languages are a small group of Austronesian languages spoken on the

Kei Kei may refer to: People * Kei (given name) * Kei, Cantonese for Ji (surname), Ji(姫) * Kei, Cantonese for Qi (surname), Qi(奇, 祁, 亓) * Shō Kei (1700–1752), king of the Ryūkyū Kingdom * Kei (singer) (born 1995), stage name of South Kor ...

and

Tanimbar The Tanimbar Islands, also called ''Timur Laut'', are a group of about 65 islands in the Maluku province of Indonesia. The largest and most central of the islands is Yamdena; others include Selaru to the southwest of Yamdena, Larat and F ...

islands in the southern

Maluku Islands The Maluku Islands (; Indonesian: ''Kepulauan Maluku'') or the Moluccas () are an archipelago in the east of Indonesia. Tectonically they are located on the Halmahera Plate within the Molucca Sea Collision Zone. Geographically they are located ...

, and on the north side of the Bomberai Peninsula. The languages include: *Kei–Fordata **

** Fordata *Yamdena–North Bomberai **

Yamdena Yamdena (spelt Jamdena during the Dutch colonial period) is the largest of the Tanimbar Islands in the Maluku Province of Indonesia. Saumlaki is the chief town, located on the south end of the island. The island has a range of forested hills al ...

**North Bomberai *** Onin ***

Sekar Manokaris a male given name in India. Sekar may refer to: *Sekar Ayu Asmara, Indonesian songwriter and director * Sekar Ayyanthole (born 1954), Indian painter *Sekhar Basu (born 1952), Indian scientist * Sekhar Das (born 1954), Indian film director ...

*** Uruangnirin Grimes & Edwards add the following languages, previously ''

incertae sedis ' () or ''problematica'' is a term used for a taxonomic group where its broader relationships are unknown or undefined. Alternatively, such groups are frequently referred to as "enigmatic taxa". In the system of open nomenclature, uncertain ...

'', and rename the family ''Tanimbar–Bomberai'':Charles Grimes & Owen Edwards (in process) ''Wallacean subgroups: unravelling the prehistory and classification of the Austronesian languages of eastern Indonesia and Timor-Leste
Summary presentation at the 15th International Conference on Austronesian Linguistics
* Teor-Kur *Irarutu–Nabi: Irarutu, Kuri (Nabi) *Bedoanas–Erokwanas: Arguni, Bedoanas, Erokwanas

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Languages of Indonesia Central Malayo-Polynesian languages {{austronesian-lang-stub