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Babar Languages
The Babar languages are a subgroup of the Austronesian language family spoken on the Babar Islands, Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania, between the Indian Ocean, Indian and Pacific Ocean, Pacific oceans. Comprising over List of islands of Indonesia, 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, ....Aone van Engelenhoven. 2010. Tentatively locating West-Damar among the languages of Southwest Maluku. In Chlenova, Svetlana and Fedorchuk, Artem (eds.), ''Studia Anthropologica: a Festschrift in Honor of Michael Chlenov'', 297-326. Moscow-Jerusalem: Gesharim. Languages * West Damar *North: Dawera-Daweloor, North Babar, Dai *South **Masela – South Babar: Central Masela; East Masela, West Masela, Serili, Southeast Babar **Southwest Babar: Emplawas; Imroing, Tela-Masbuar References {{austronesian-lang-stub ...
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Central Masela Language
Masela (Marsela) is the language of Marsela Island in southern Maluku, Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania, between the Indian Ocean, Indian and Pacific Ocean, Pacific oceans. Comprising over List of islands of Indonesia, 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, .... Regional varieties are distinct; ''Ethnologue'' counts it as three languages. References Further reading Taber, Mark (1993).Toward a Better Understanding of the Indigenous Languages of Southwestern Maluku" ''Oceanic Linguistics'', Vol. 32, No. 2 (Winter, 1993), pp. 389–441. University of Hawai'i. Babar languages Languages of the Maluku Islands {{au-lang-stub ...
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Imroing Language
Imroing is an Austronesian language spoken in a single village on Babar Island in South Maluku, Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania, between the Indian Ocean, Indian and Pacific Ocean, Pacific oceans. Comprising over List of islands of Indonesia, 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, .... References Babar languages Languages of the Maluku Islands {{au-lang-stub ...
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Emplawas Language
Emplawas is an Austronesian language spoken in a single village on Babar Island in South Maluku, Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania, between the Indian Ocean, Indian and Pacific Ocean, Pacific oceans. Comprising over List of islands of Indonesia, 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, .... References Babar languages Languages of the Maluku Islands Endangered Austronesian languages {{au-lang-stub ...
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Southeast Babar Language
Southeast Babar is an Austronesian language spoken on Babar Island in South Maluku, Indonesia. Phonology Consonants The following consonant inventory is provided by Steinhauer (2009). * Sounds only occur in loanwords. * is only attested in loanwords and also infrequently in roots. * /b/ and /d/ are marginal and only occur in a few words. Other consonants in Taber's wordlist A wordlist collected in a 1993 article by Mark Taber records words with extra distinct sounds that are not recorded nor accorded phonemic status in Steinhauer's study. Vowels * are heard as more closed when occurring before glides . Phonotactics Due to extensive syncope of vowels in both prefixes and original final syllables, Southeast Babar admits a wide variety of consonant clusters both in the onsets and codas of syllables. One stark example of permitted consonant clusters is ''xweapk'' "we (inclusive) speak". Word-final clusters of a consonant followed by /j/ may be optionally subject t ...
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Serili Language
Serili is an Austronesian language spoken on Marsela Island in South Maluku, Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania, between the Indian Ocean, Indian and Pacific Ocean, Pacific oceans. Comprising over List of islands of Indonesia, 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, .... References Babar languages Languages of the Maluku Islands {{au-lang-stub ...
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West Masela Language
Masela (Marsela) is the language of Marsela Island in southern Maluku, Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania, between the Indian Ocean, Indian and Pacific Ocean, Pacific oceans. Comprising over List of islands of Indonesia, 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, .... Regional varieties are distinct; ''Ethnologue'' counts it as three languages. References Further reading Taber, Mark (1993).Toward a Better Understanding of the Indigenous Languages of Southwestern Maluku" ''Oceanic Linguistics'', Vol. 32, No. 2 (Winter, 1993), pp. 389–441. University of Hawai'i. Babar languages Languages of the Maluku Islands {{au-lang-stub ...
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East Masela Language
Masela (Marsela) is the language of Marsela Island in southern Maluku, Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania, between the Indian Ocean, Indian and Pacific Ocean, Pacific oceans. Comprising over List of islands of Indonesia, 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, .... Regional varieties are distinct; ''Ethnologue'' counts it as three languages. References Further reading Taber, Mark (1993).Toward a Better Understanding of the Indigenous Languages of Southwestern Maluku" ''Oceanic Linguistics'', Vol. 32, No. 2 (Winter, 1993), pp. 389–441. University of Hawai'i. Babar languages Languages of the Maluku Islands {{au-lang-stub ...
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Dai Language (Austronesian)
Dai is a minor Austronesian language spoken on Dai Island in South Maluku, Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania, between the Indian Ocean, Indian and Pacific Ocean, Pacific oceans. Comprising over List of islands of Indonesia, 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, .... References Babar languages Languages of the Maluku Islands {{au-lang-stub ...
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Malayo-Polynesian Languages
The Malayo-Polynesian languages are a subgroup of the Austronesian languages, with approximately 385.5 million speakers. The Malayo-Polynesian languages are spoken by the Austronesian peoples outside of Taiwan, in the island nations of Southeast Asia (Indonesia and the Philippine Archipelago) and the Pacific Ocean, with a smaller number in continental Asia in the areas near the Malay Peninsula, with Cambodia, Vietnam and the Chinese island Hainan as the northwest geographic outlier. Malagasy, spoken on the island of Madagascar off the eastern coast of Africa in the Indian Ocean, is the furthest western outlier. Many languages of the Malayo-Polynesian family in insular Southeast Asia show the strong influence of Sanskrit, Tamil and Arabic, as the western part of the region has been a stronghold of Hinduism, Buddhism, and, later, Islam Islam is an Abrahamic religions, Abrahamic monotheistic religion based on the Quran, and the teachings of Muhammad. Adherents of I ...
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North Babar Language
North Babar is an Austronesian language spoken on the north coast of Babar Island in South Maluku, Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania, between the Indian Ocean, Indian and Pacific Ocean, Pacific oceans. Comprising over List of islands of Indonesia, 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, .... References Babar languages Languages of the Maluku Islands {{Indonesia-stub ...
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Dawera-Daweloor Language
Dawera-Daweloor is an Austronesian language spoken in six villages on Dawera and Daweloor islands in South Maluku, Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania, between the Indian Ocean, Indian and Pacific Ocean, Pacific oceans. Comprising over List of islands of Indonesia, 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, .... Phonology Consonants Dawera-Daweloor has the following consonants.Chlenova 2002. Vowels Dawera-Daweloor has the following vowels. Notes References * Svetlana Chlenova. 2002. "Daweloor, A Southwest Moluccan Language," ''Malaisko-indoneziiskie Issledovanlija'' 15:145-175. {{Languages of Indonesia Babar languages Languages of the Maluku Islands ...
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