Kisar language

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Kisar
Loikera
Native toIndonesia
RegionKisar Island, Maluku
Native speakers
(20,000 cited 1995)[1]
Austronesian
Language codes
ISO 639-3kje
Glottologkisa1266

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]

  1. ^ Kisar at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

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