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Damar, West

A language of Indonesia (Maluku)

ISO 639-3drn

Population  800 (1987 SIL).
Region  South Maluku, north of the eastern tip of Timor Island, north side of Damar Island, 2 villages.
Language map  Indonesia, Southern Maluku
Alternate names   North Damar
Dialects  Not intelligible with East Damar [dmr].
Classification  Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern, Central Malayo-Polynesian, West Damar
Language development  Literacy rate in L1: Below 1%.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

CHLENOV, Mikhail A.; CHLENOVA, Svetlana F., authors. 2006. "West Damar language or Damar-Batumerah, an isolate in South-Eastern Indonesia."  Available online