**h (often lost) Central Timor languages (Ramelaic); *ŋ > **ɡ (often devoiced to ) Aru languages; *j/R > **R, *z/y/i > **y (often with fortition to ) Tanimbar–Bomberai languages (Kei–Tanimbar, Teor-Kur, Irarutu–Nabi & Bedoanas–Erokwanas); *z/d > **d (later > in some); *j > in some words; *-ay/-aw > **-a; *p > Sula–Buru languages (incl. Ambelau); *R > , *-ay/-aw > , *j > split zero ~ ; plus morphology & lexicon such as 'eye' Ambon–Seram languages (Nunusaku); *ŋ/n > , *l/d/z/j/R > mostly **l Seram Laut languages (tentative); *-ay/-aw > , *ə > in final syllables Banda East Seram Eastern Islands (Seram Laut proper: Geser, Kowiai) Seram Laut, apart from Kowiai, was first proposed by Collins (1986). It is distinguished from Ambon–Seram to the west in its reflexes of *j, *R, *-aw, and from Tanimbar–Bomberai to the east in *j and *z, but is only weakly defined as a unit. Its three branches are however well defined. Edwards & Grimes (2021) further propose that the Taliabo languages, generally held to be part of Central Maluku, are actually Celebic (specifically, Saluan–Banggai). References Central–Eastern Malayo-Polynesian languages Languages of Indonesia