Kisar

KJE

developing

Alternate Names: Meher, Yotowawa

Dialects: Not related to Oirata ,, which has sometimes been called a dialect.

Genealogy:

Austronesian
Malayo-Polynesian
Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
Timor-Babar
Southwest Maluku
Kisar-Roma

Demographics: 20,000 (1995 SIL).

Language Use: Also use Indonesian [ind]. Used as L2 by Luang [lex], Oirata [oia].

Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: Below 1%. Literacy rate in L2: 25%–50%. NT: 2008.

Writing System: Latin

Nation of Origin: Indonesia

Other Comments: Called Yotowawa or Meher locally. Christian.