Language Family

Babar languages

New Guinea and Pacific Language Families

The Babar languages are a subgroup of the Austronesian language family spoken on the Babar Islands, Indonesia.

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Classification Confidence

Established 1

Reconstructed Ancestor

Reconstructed 2

Region

Babar Islands, Indonesia 2

Proto-Language Status

Reconstructed, Proto-Babar, Grimes and Edwards 2026 2

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Number of Languages

12 1

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The Babar languages are a subgroup of the Austronesian language family spoken on the Babar Islands, Indonesia.

Sources

1. Glottolog: Babar (languoid record)

Glottolog

Languoid record: child_language_count
"child_language_count": 12
Languoid record: level and category
"level": "family", "bookkeeping": false, "category": "Family"

2. Babar languages - Wikipedia

Lead paragraph
The Babar languages are a subgroup of the Austronesian language family spoken on the Babar Islands, Indonesia.
Proto-language section
Proto-Babar was first reconstructed by Grimes & Edwards (2026).
Infobox: protoname
Proto-Babar

Wikidata: Babar languages

Wikidata Q4837522, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source

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