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Kisar language

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Native to
  
Indonesia

Native speakers
  
20,000 (1995)

Glottolog
  
kisa1266

Region
  
Kisar Island, Maluku

ISO 639-3
  
kje

Language family
  
Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Nuclear MP (Central–Eastern) Timor–Babar South–East Timor Luangic–Kisaric Kisar–Roma 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.

References

Kisar language Wikipedia