Babar languages

Babar
Babar
Geographic; distribution	Indonesia
Linguistic classification	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Central–Eastern Babar; ; ;
Subdivisions	North; South; West Damar ;
Language codes
Glottolog	baba1274

Last updated September 03, 2025

The Babar languages are a subgroup of the Austronesian language family spoken on the Babar Islands, Indonesia.^[1]^[2]

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

↑ Mark Taber. 1993. Toward a better understanding of the Indigenous Languages of Southwestern Maluku. Oceanic Linguistics 32. 389-441.
↑ 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.

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[1] Mark Taber. 1993. Toward a better understanding of the Indigenous Languages of Southwestern Maluku. Oceanic Linguistics 32. 389-441.

[2] 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.

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Babar
Geographic distribution	Indonesia
Linguistic classification	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Central–Eastern Babar
Subdivisions	North South West Damar
Language codes
Glottolog	`baba1274`