Kisar language
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Austronesian language spoken in Maluku, Indonesia
Kisar | |
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Loikera | |
Native to | Indonesia |
Region | Kisar Island, Maluku |
Native speakers | (20,000 cited 1995)[1] |
Austronesian
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | kje |
Glottolog | kisa1266 |
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[edit]
- ^ Kisar at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Further reading[edit]
- Taber, Mark (1993). "Toward a Better Understanding of the Indigenous Languages of Southwestern Maluku." Oceanic Linguistics, Vol. 32, No. 2 (Winter, 1993), pp. 389–441. University of Hawai'i.
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