Kisar language
{{short description|Austronesian language spoken in Maluku, Indonesia}}
{{Infobox language
|name=Kisar
|altname=Meher
|region=Kisar Island, Maluku
|state=Indonesia
|speakers=20,000
|date=1995
|ref=e27
|familycolor=Austronesian
|fam2=Malayo-Polynesian
|fam3=Central–Eastern
|fam4=Timor–Babar
|fam5=Southwest Maluku
|fam6=Luangic–Kisaric
|fam7=Kisar–Roma
|iso3=kje
|glotto=kisa1266
|glottorefname=Kisar
}}
Kisar is a Central Malayo-Polynesian language spoken on Kisar Island, northeast of East Timor in Maluku, Indonesia. It shares the island with Oirata, which is a Papuan language.
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Further reading
- Taber, Mark (1993). "[https://www.jstor.org/stable/3623199 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.
{{Central Malayo-Polynesian languages}}
{{Languages of Indonesia}}
Category:Timor–Babar languages
Category:Languages of Indonesia
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