Seluwasan is an Austronesian language of Yamdena, in the

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 ...

of Indonesia. It is not close to

Selaru Selaru is an island in Indonesia in the Tanimbar Islands group, Southeast Maluku. It is located south of Yamdena. It is one of the 92 officially listed outlying islands of Indonesia. File:COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Een groep jonge mannen te Adaoet ...

. The Makatian dialect is distinct.

References

Central Malayo-Polynesian languages Languages of the Maluku Islands {{au-lang-stub