Babar languages explained

Babar
Region:	Indonesia
Familycolor:	Austronesian
Fam2:	Malayo-Polynesian
Fam3:	Central–Eastern
Child1:	North
Child2:	South
Child3:	West Damar
Glotto:	baba1274
Glottorefname:	Babar

The Babar languages are a subgroup of the Austronesian language family spoken on the Babar Islands.^{[1] [2]}

Languages

• West Damar
• North: Dawera-Daweloor, North Babar, Dai
• South
  • Masela – South Babar: Central Masela; East Masela, West Masela, Serili, Southeast Babar
  • Southwest Babar: Emplawas; Imroing, Tela-Masbuar

Notes and References

1. Mark Taber. 1993. Toward a better understanding of the Indigenous Languages of Southwestern Maluku. Oceanic Linguistics 32. 389-441.
2. Aone van Engelenhoven. 2010. Tentatively locating West-Damar among the languages of Southwest Maluku. In Chlenova, Svetlana and Fedorchuk, Artem (eds.), Studia Anthropologica: a Festschrift in Honor of Michael Chlenov, 297-326. Moscow-Jerusalem: Gesharim.