Kur
A language of Indonesia (Maluku)
| Population | 3,180 (2000). |
| Region | South Maluku, west Kei Kecil District, Kur Island and nearby islands. |
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Indonesia, Southern Maluku |
| Dialects | Different from Kei [kei]. Boundaries of intelligibility with dialects to the north and the central dialect, and with Teor [tev] need further investigation. Lexical similarity: 47%–50% with Kei, 71%–83% with Teor, 41% with Watubela [wah], 38% with Geser [ges]. |
| Classification | Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern, Central Malayo-Polynesian, Teor-Kur |
| Language use | Vigorous. |
| Comments | Muslim. |
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