Sawai language

Sawai
Sawai
Weda
Native to	Indonesia
Region	North Maluku province
Native speakers	(12,000 cited 2000)
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Central–Eastern Malayo-Polynesian Eastern Malayo-Polynesian South Halmahera–West New Guinea Raja Ampat–South Halmahera South Halmahera Central–Eastern Gamrange Sawai; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Dialects	Weda; Sawai; Kobe; Faya-Mafa; Messa-Dote;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	szw
Glottolog	sawa1247

The Sawai language (also Weda) is a South Halmahera language of the Austronesian language family spoken in the Weda, Weda Selatan and Gane Timor districts of southern Halmahera, in North Maluku Province of Indonesia. There are approximately 12,000 speakers.