West Damar language
West Damar, or North Damar, is an Austronesian language of Damar Island, one of the Maluku Islands of Indonesia. In spite of rather low cognacy rates with its neighboring languages, it can be classified as part of the Babar languages based on qualitative evidence.
| West Damar | |
|---|---|
| North Damar | |
| Damar Batumerah | |
| Native to | Indonesia |
| Region | Maluku Islands |
Native speakers | (800 cited 1987) |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | drn |
| Glottolog | west2548 |
It is only spoken in the village of Batumerah, located on the north-western part of Damar.
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