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