Saleman language

{{short description|Austronesian language spoken in Maluku, Indonesia}}

{{Infobox language

|name=Saleman

|nativename=Sawai

|states=Indonesia (Maluku Islands)

|region=Seram

|speakers=4,800

|date=1989

|ref = e18

|familycolor=Austronesian

|fam2=Malayo-Polynesian (MP)

|fam3=Central–Eastern MP

|fam4=Central Maluku

|fam5=East Central Maluku

|fam6=Nunusaku

|fam7=Three Rivers

|fam8=Amalumute

|iso3=sau

|glotto=sale1244

|glottorefname=Saleman

}}

Saleman is a language of Seram, Indonesia. The names Saleman and Sawai are villages where it is spoken.