▁Ut ah , ▁United ▁States ▁ ▁Left ▁Hand ▁F ork ▁But ter field ▁C any on <0x0A> </s> ▁The ▁W em ale ▁people ▁are ▁an ▁eth nic ▁group ▁of ▁Ser am ▁Island , ▁Indones ia . ▁They ▁number ▁over ▁ 7 , 5 0 0 ▁and ▁live ▁in ▁ 3 9 ▁villages ▁of ▁the ▁central ▁area ▁of ▁the ▁island . ▁Like ▁the ▁Al une ▁people ▁in ▁the ▁west , ▁the ▁W em ale ▁people ▁origin ate ▁from ▁a ▁common ▁ancest ral ▁group ▁called ▁the ▁Pat asi wa . ▁ ▁The ▁W em ale ▁language ▁is ▁of ▁Mal ay o - Pol yn esian ▁origin ▁and ▁it ▁is ▁divided ▁into ▁a ▁northern ▁and ▁a ▁southern ▁variety , ▁having ▁dialect s ▁known ▁as ▁Hor ale , ▁Kas ie h , ▁U wen p ant ai , ▁Hon itet u ▁and ▁Ka we . ▁Northern ▁ ▁W em ale ▁is ▁spoken ▁by ▁about ▁ 5 , 0 0 0 ▁people ▁and ▁the ▁Southern ▁W em ale ▁is ▁spoken ▁by ▁about ▁ 3 , 7 0 0 ▁people . ▁The ▁H ain uwe le ▁legend ▁is ▁an ▁origin ▁myth ▁from ▁the ▁W em ale ▁and ▁Al une ▁fol kl ore . ▁It ▁was ▁recorded ▁by ▁German ▁eth n ologist ▁Adolf ▁El leg ard ▁J ensen ▁in ▁a ▁ 1 9 3 7 – 1 9 3 8 ▁expedition ▁to ▁the ▁Mal u ku ▁Islands . ▁ ▁Description ▁ ▁Trad itionally ▁the ▁W em ale ▁lived ▁off ▁forest ▁products . ▁Much ▁of ▁their ▁di et ▁was ▁based ▁on