East Damar language

{{short description|Austronesian language spoken in Maluku, Indonesia}}

{{Infobox language

|name=East Damar

|nativename=South Damar

|states=Indonesia

|region=Damar Island

|speakers=2,800

|date=1990

|ref = e18

|familycolor=Austronesian

|fam2=Malayo-Polynesian

|fam3=Central–Eastern

|fam4=Timoric

|fam5=Southwest Maluku

|iso3=dmr

|glotto=east2472

|glottorefname=East Damar

}}

East Damar is one of two Austronesian languages spoken on Damar Island in Maluku, Indonesia.

It is not closely related to the other language of Damar Island, the highly divergent West Damar language.{{cite journal |last=Taber |first=Mark |year=1993 |title=Toward a better understanding of the Indigenous Languages of Southwestern Maluku |journal=Oceanic Linguistics |volume=32 |issue=2 |pages=389–441 |doi=10.2307/3623199 |jstor=3623199}}