West Damar language
| West Damar | |
|---|---|
| North Damar | |
| Damar Batumerah | |
| Native to | Indonesia |
| Region | Maluku Islands |
Native speakers | (800 cited 1987) |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | drn |
| Glottolog | west2548 |
West Damar, or North Damar, is an Austronesian language of Damar Island, one of the Maluku Islands of Indonesia. In spite of rather low cognacy rates with its neighboring languages, it can be classified as part of the Babar languages based on qualitative evidence.
It is spoken in two villages (Batumerah, Kuai) located in the north-western part of Damar.