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Ethnologue > Web version > Country index > Asia > Indonesia (Maluku) > Damar, East

Damar, East

A language of Indonesia (Maluku)

ISO 639-3dmr

Population  2,800 (1990 SIL).
Region  South Maluku, north of eastern tip of Timor Island, east side of Damar Island, 6 villages, and east of Roma Island.
Language map  Indonesia, Southern Maluku
Alternate names   South Damar
Dialects  Not intelligible with West Damar [drn].
Classification  Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern, Central Malayo-Polynesian, Timor, Extra-Ramelaic, East, East Damar
Language development  Literacy rate in L1: Below 1%.