Kisar language

Kisar
Meher
Yotowawa [1]
Native to	Indonesia
Region	Kisar Island, Maluku
Native speakers	(20,000 cited 1995) [1]
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Central–Eastern Nuclear South Moluccan Kisar–Babar Southwest Maluku Luangic–Kisaric Kisar–Roma Kisar
Language codes
ISO 639-3	kje
Glottolog	kisa1266

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

1. Kisar at Ethnologue (27th ed., 2024)

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.