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Ethnologue > Web version > Country index > Asia > Indonesia (Maluku) > Babar, Southeast

Babar, Southeast

A language of Indonesia (Maluku)

ISO 639-3vbb

Population  4,460 (2007 SIL).
Region  South Maluku, southeast Babar Island.
Language map  Indonesia, Southern Maluku
Classification  Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern, Central Malayo-Polynesian, Babar, South, Masela-South Babar
Language use  Also use Ambonese Malay [abs].
Language development  Literacy rate in L1: Below 1%.
Comments  Agriculturalists: maize, cassava; fishermen; small scale eucalyptus oil production. Christian.