Matbat language

Matbat
Matbat
Misool
Native to	Indonesia
Region	Misool, Raja Ampat Islands
Ethnicity	Matbat and Matlow
Native speakers	(1,000–1,500 cited 2001)
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Central–Eastern Malayo-Polynesian Eastern Malayo-Polynesian South Halmahera–West New Guinea Raja Ampat–South Halmahera Raja Ampat Nuclear Raja Ampat Matbat; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Dialects	Aduwei; Gam; Matlow; Me Yot (Me Tip);
Language codes
ISO 639-3	xmt
Glottolog	matb1237
	Matbat
	Coordinates: 1°53′S 130°04′E / 1.88°S 130.07°E

Matbat is a heavily Papuan-influenced Austronesian language spoken in Southwest Papua, Indonesia, on the island of Misool, Raja Ampat Islands. Its dialects are Magey and Tomolol. Similar to the neighboring Ma'ya language, Matbat is one of a handful of Austronesian languages with true lexical tone rather than a pitch-accent system or complete lack of phonemic tonal contrasts as with most other Austronesian languages.