Telaʼa language

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

{{Infobox language

|name=Tela{{hamza}}a

|altname=Tela-Masbuar

|states=Indonesia

|region=Maluku

|speakers={{sigfig|1050|2}}

|date=2007

|ref=e18

|familycolor=Austronesian

|fam2=Malayo-Polynesian (MP)

|fam3=Central–Eastern MP

|fam4=Babar

|fam5=South Babar

|fam6=Southwest Babar

|iso3=tvm

|glotto=tela1241

|glottorefname=Tela-Masbuar

}}

Tela{{hamza}}a, or Tela-Masbuar (Masbuar-Tela) is an Austronesian language spoken in the two villages with those names on Babar Island in South Maluku, Indonesia.{{cite journal |last=Taber |first=Mark |year=1993 |title=Toward a better understanding of the Indigenous Languages of Southwestern Maluku |journal=Oceanic Linguistics |volume=32 |issue=2 |pages=389–441 |jstor=3623199}}