Tags: Ethnic Group.
The Wemale are one of the more ancient ethnic groups of Seram Island Indonesia. They number over 9000 and live in 39 villages of the central area of the island. Like the Alune to the west they originated from an ancestral common group called Patasiwa.The Wemale language is of Malayo-Polynesian origin and it is divided in a northern and a southern form having variants known as Horale Kasieh Uwenpantai Honitetu and Kawe.