Masela language

{{short description|Austronesian language of Maluku, Indonesia}}

{{Infobox language

|name=Masela

|altname=Marsela

|states=Indonesia

|region=Maluku

|speakers=1,900

|date=1980–2007

|ref=e18

|familycolor=Austronesian

|fam2=Malayo-Polynesian (MP)

|fam3=Central–Eastern MP

|fam4=Babar

|fam5=South Babar

|fam6=Masela–Southeast

|lc1=mxz |ld1=Central Masela

|lc2=vme |ld2=East Masela

|lc3=mss |ld3=West Masela

|glotto=cent2072

|glottoname=Central

|glottorefname=Central Masela

|glotto2=east2462

|glottoname2=East

|glottorefname2=East Masela

|glotto3=west2535

|glottoname3=West

|glottorefname3=West Masela

}}

Masela (Marsela) is the language of Marsela Island in southern Maluku, Indonesia. Regional varieties are distinct; Ethnologue counts it as three languages.