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Babar Languages
The Babar languages are a subgroup of the Austronesian language family spoken on the Babar Islands The Babar Islands ''(''Indonesian: ''Kepulauan Babar)'' are located in Maluku Province, Indonesia between latitudes 7 degrees 31 minutes South to 8 degrees 13 minutes South and from longitudes 129 degrees 30 minutes East to 130 degrees 05 minutes ....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. 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 {{austronesian-lang-stub ...
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Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guinea. Indonesia is the world's largest archipelagic state and the 14th-largest country by area, at . With over 275 million people, Indonesia is the world's fourth-most populous country and the most populous Muslim-majority country. Java, the world's most populous island, is home to more than half of the country's population. Indonesia is a presidential republic with an elected legislature. It has 38 provinces, of which nine have special status. The country's capital, Jakarta, is the world's second-most populous urban area. Indonesia shares land borders with Papua New Guinea, East Timor, and the eastern part of Malaysia, as well as maritime borders with Singapore, Vietnam, Thailand, the Philippines, Australia, Palau, and India ...
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Central Masela Language
Masela (Marsela) is the language of Marsela Island in southern Maluku, Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guine .... Regional varieties are distinct; ''Ethnologue'' counts it as three languages. References Further reading 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. Babar languages Languages of the Maluku Islands {{au-lang-stub ...
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Imroing Language
Imroing is an Austronesian language spoken in a single village on Babar Island in South Maluku, Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Gui .... References Babar languages Languages of the Maluku Islands {{au-lang-stub ...
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Emplawas Language
Emplawas is an Austronesian language spoken in a single village on Babar Island in South Maluku, Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guine .... References Babar languages Languages of the Maluku Islands Endangered Austronesian languages {{au-lang-stub ...
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Southeast Babar Language
Southeast Babar is an Austronesian language spoken on Babar Island in South Maluku, Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guine .... Phonology Consonants * Sounds only occur in loanwords. * is only attested in loanwords and also infrequently in roots. Vowels * are heard as more closed when occurring before glides . References 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. Babar languages Languages of the Maluku Islands {{au-lang-stub ...
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Serili Language
Serili is an Austronesian language spoken on Marsela Island in South Maluku, Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guine .... References Babar languages Languages of the Maluku Islands {{au-lang-stub ...
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West Masela Language
Masela (Marsela) is the language of Marsela Island in southern Maluku, Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guine .... Regional varieties are distinct; ''Ethnologue'' counts it as three languages. References Further reading 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. Babar languages Languages of the Maluku Islands {{au-lang-stub ...
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East Masela Language
Masela (Marsela) is the language of Marsela Island in southern Maluku, Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guine .... Regional varieties are distinct; ''Ethnologue'' counts it as three languages. References Further reading 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. Babar languages Languages of the Maluku Islands {{au-lang-stub ...
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Dai Language (Austronesian)
Dai is a minor Austronesian language spoken on Dai Island in South Maluku, Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guine .... References Babar languages Languages of the Maluku Islands {{au-lang-stub ...
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Malayo-Polynesian Languages
The Malayo-Polynesian languages are a subgroup of the Austronesian languages, with approximately 385.5 million speakers. The Malayo-Polynesian languages are spoken by the Austronesian peoples outside of Taiwan, in the island nations of Southeast Asia (Indonesian and Philippine Archipelago) and the Pacific Ocean, with a smaller number in continental Asia in the areas near the Malay Peninsula. Cambodia, Vietnam and the Chinese island Hainan serve as the northwest geographic outlier. Malagasy, spoken in the island of Madagascar off the eastern coast of Africa in the Indian Ocean, is the furthest western outlier. The languages spoken south-westward from central Micronesia until Easter Island are sometimes referred to as the Polynesian languages. Many languages of the Malayo-Polynesian family show the strong influence of Sanskrit and Arabic, as the western part of the region has been a stronghold of Hinduism, Buddhism, and, later, Islam. Two morphological characteristics of the M ...
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North Babar Language
North Babar is an Austronesian language spoken on the north coast of Babar Island in South Maluku, Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guine .... References Babar languages Languages of the Maluku Islands {{Indonesia-stub ...
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Dawera-Daweloor Language
Dawera-Daweloor is an Austronesian language spoken in six villages on Dawera and Daweloor islands in South Maluku, Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guine .... Phonology Consonants Dawera-Daweloor has the following consonants.Chlenova 2002. Vowels Dawera-Daweloor has the following vowels. Notes References * Svetlana Chlenova. 2002. "Daweloor, A Southwest Moluccan Language," ''Malaisko-indoneziiskie Issledovanlija'' 15:145-175. {{Languages of Indonesia Babar languages Languages of the Maluku Islands ...
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