South Halmahera languages
- South Halmahera languages
Infobox Language family
name=South Halmahera
region=The Moluccas and the Pacific
familycolor=Austronesian
fam2=Malayo-Polynesian (MP)
fam3=Nuclear MP
fam4=Central-Eastern MP
fam5=Eastern MP
fam6=South Halmahera-West New Guinea
child1=East Makian-Gane
child2="Irarutu"
child3=Buli|
The South Halmahera languages are the branch of Austronesian languages found along the southeast coast of the island of Halmahera in the Indonesian province of North Maluku. Irarutu is spoken in the east of the Bomberai Peninsula in West Papua province.
Most of the languages are only known from short word lists, but Buli is fairly well attested.
Classification
*East Makian-Gane
**Gane
**Taba (East Makian)
*Irarutu
*Buli languages
**Buli
**Maba
**Patani
**Sawai
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