Southeast Babar language

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Southeast Babar
Native toIndonesia
RegionMaluku
Native speakers
4,500 (2007)[1]
Language family
Austronesian
Language codes
ISO 639-3vbb
Glottologsout2883

Southeast Babar is an Austronesian language spoken on Babar Island in South Maluku, Indonesia.[2]

References[]

  1. ^ Southeast Babar at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Taber, Mark (1993). "Toward a better understanding of the Indigenous Languages of Southwestern Maluku". Oceanic Linguistics. 32 (2): 389–441. JSTOR 3623199.

Further reading[]

  • Hein Steinhauer. 2009. The sounds of Southeast Babar. In Adelaar, K. Alexander and Pawley, Andrew (eds.), Austronesian historical linguistics and culture history: a festschrift for Robert Blust, 399-409. Canberra: Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University.
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