East Damar language

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East Damar is one of two Austronesian languages spoken on Damar Island in Maluku, Indonesia.

East Damar
South Damar
Native toIndonesia
RegionDamar Island
Native speakers
(2,800 cited 1990)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3dmr
Glottologeast2472

It is not closely related to the other language of Damar Island, the highly divergent West Damar language.[2]

References edit

  1. ^ East Damar at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ 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.