KJE ISO 639-3
Kisar
Bahasa Meher Autonym
A language of Indonesia
- ISO 639
- kje
- Alternate Names
- Yotowawa
- Autonym
- Bahasa Meher
- Population
- 20,000 (1995 SIL).
- Location:
- Maluku province: south, over 20 villages; Kisar island, northeast of Timor island, 19 villages; Roma and Wetar islands, Amau, Hila, Hi’ai, Likagraha, and Naumatan villages; some in Ambon, Dili, and Kupang cities.
- Language Status
- 5* (Developing).
- Classification
- Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Timor-Babar, Southwest Maluku, Kisar-Roma
- Dialects
- Not related to Oirata [oia], which has sometimes been called a dialect.
- Language Use
- Also use Indonesian [ind]. Used as L2 by Luang [lex], Oirata [oia].
- Language Development
- Literacy rate in L2: 25%–50%. NT: 2008.
- Language Resources
- OLAC resources in and about Kisar
- Writing
- Latin script [Latn].
- Other Comments
- Called Yotowawa or Meher locally. Christian.
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Location: Maluku province: south, over 20 villages; Kisar island, northeast of Timor island, 19 villages; Roma and Wetar islands, Amau, Hila, Hi’ai, Likagraha, and Naumatan villages; some in Ambon, Dili, and Kupang cities.
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