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East Damar language

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Native to
  
Indonesia

Native speakers
  
(2,800 cited 1990)

Glottolog
  
east2472

Region
  
Damar Island

ISO 639-3
  
dmr

Language family
  
Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian (MP) Nuclear MP (Central–Eastern) Timor–Babar Southwest Maluku East Damar

East Damar is one of two Austronesian languages spoken on Damar Island and islets just to the south in Maluku, Indonesia. It is not closely related to the other language of Damar Island, the highly divergent West Damar language.

References

East Damar language Wikipedia


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