East Damar language
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Austronesian language spoken in Maluku, Indonesia
| East Damar | |
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| South Damar | |
| Native to | Indonesia |
| Region | Damar Island |
Native speakers | (2,800 cited 1990)[1] |
Austronesian
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | dmr |
| Glottolog | east2472 |
East Damar is one of two Austronesian languages spoken on Damar Island in Maluku, Indonesia.
It is not closely related to the other language of Damar Island, the highly divergent West Damar language.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ East Damar at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Taber, Mark (1993). "Toward a better understanding of the Indigenous Languages of Southwestern Maluku". Oceanic Linguistics. 32 (2): 389–441. doi:10.2307/3623199. JSTOR 3623199.
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