Babar languages

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Babar
Geographic
distribution
Indonesia
Linguistic classificationAustronesian
Subdivisions
  • North
  • South
  • West Damar
Glottologbaba1274

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

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.
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