Kisar language explained

Kisar
Also Known As:Meher
Nativename:Yotowawa
Region:Kisar Island, Maluku
State:Indonesia
Speakers:20,000
Date:1995
Ref:e27
Familycolor:Austronesian
Fam2:Malayo-Polynesian
Fam3:Central–Eastern
Fam4:Timor–Babar
Fam5:Southwest Maluku
Fam6:Luangic–Kisaric
Fam7:Kisar–Roma
Iso3:kje
Glotto:kisa1266
Glottorefname:Kisar

Kisar is a Central Malayo-Polynesian language spoken on Kisar Island, northeast of East Timor in Maluku, Indonesia. It shares the island with Oirata, which is a Papuan language.

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