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Ethnologue > Web version > Country index > Asia > Indonesia (Maluku) > Koba

Koba

A language of Indonesia (Maluku)

ISO 639-3kpd

Population  600 (Hughes 2000).
Region  Southeast Maluku, Aru Islands, Baun and Fukarel islands bordering Dobel, 3 villages; southeast of Kobror Island, mouth of Barakai Strait.
Language map  Indonesia, Southern Maluku
Dialects  Southeast Koba. Low comprehension of Dobel [kvo]. Lexical similarity: 78%–86% with Dobel.
Classification  Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern, Central Malayo-Polynesian, Aru