East Damar language explained

East Damar
Nativename:South Damar
States:Indonesia
Region:Damar Island
Speakers:2,800
Date:1990
Ref:e18
Familycolor:Austronesian
Fam2:Malayo-Polynesian
Fam3:Central–Eastern
Fam4:Timoric
Fam5:Southwest Maluku
Iso3:dmr
Glotto:east2472
Glottorefname:East Damar

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.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Taber . Mark . 1993 . Toward a better understanding of the Indigenous Languages of Southwestern Maluku . Oceanic Linguistics . 32 . 2 . 389–441 . 10.2307/3623199 . 3623199.