Maʼya language

Maʼya
Native to	Indonesia
Region	Raja Ampat Islands
Ethnicity	Ma'ya
Native speakers	(5,000 cited 2000–2001)
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 Ma'ya–Salawati Maʼya
Dialects	Biga Ma'ya Kawe Legenyem Wauyai
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Variously: `slz` – Ma'ya `kgb` – Kawe `lcc` – Legenyem `wuy` – Wauyai
Glottolog	`raja1258`
ELP	Legenyem

Maʼya
Coordinates: 0°52′S 130°39′E / 0.86°S 130.65°E / -0.86; 130.65

Maʼya is an Austronesian language of the Raja Ampat islands in Southwest Papua, Indonesia. It is part of the South Halmahera–West New Guinea (SHWNG) subgroup and is spoken by about 6,000 people in coastal villages on the islands of Batanta, Misool, Salawati, and Waigeo, on the boundary between Austronesian and Papuan languages.