Babar languages

The Babar languages are a subgroup of the Austronesian language family spoken on the Babar Islands.^[1][2]

Babar
Geographic distribution	Indonesia
Linguistic classification	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Central–Eastern Babar
Subdivisions	North South West Damar
Glottolog	baba1274

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

1. Mark Taber. 1993. Toward a better understanding of the Indigenous Languages of Southwestern Maluku. Oceanic Linguistics 32. 389-441.
2. 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.