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 ...
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[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
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