Kisar Island

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Kisar Island is a small Indonesian island in the southwestern Maluku province, known for its mixed Austronesian-Papuan cultural heritage and use of the Kisar language.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Kisar 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf island
administrativeDivisionOf Republic of Indonesia NERFINISHED
climate tropical savanna climate
country Indonesia
ethnolinguisticGroup Kisar people NERFINISHED
governedAs district of Southwest Maluku Regency
hasAirport John Becker Airport NERFINISHED
hasAlternativeName Kisser NERFINISHED
Pulau Kisar NERFINISHED
Yotowawa NERFINISHED
hasCulturalHeritage Austronesian
Papuan
hasEconomicActivity fishing
small-scale livestock raising
subsistence agriculture
hasEthnicGroup Ambonese people NERFINISHED
Kisar people NERFINISHED
Timorese people NERFINISHED
hasFeature coral reefs
dry low hills
rocky coastline
hasHistoricalInfluence Dutch colonial period
hasHistoricalStructure Dutch-era stone houses
hasLanguage Indonesian language
Kisar language NERFINISHED
hasPrimaryLanguageFamily Austronesian languages
hasReligion Christianity
Islam
hasRunwaySurface asphalt (John Becker Airport)
hasSettlement Wonreli NERFINISHED
hasTraditionalDance Kisar folk dances
hasTraditionalMusic local string and percussion ensembles
hasTransport ferry connections to other Maluku islands
largestSettlement Wonreli NERFINISHED
locatedIn Lesser Sunda Islands
Maluku Province NERFINISHED
Southwest Maluku Regency NERFINISHED
southeastern Indonesia
locatedInBodyOfWater Banda Sea NERFINISHED
near East Timor NERFINISHED
Timor Island NERFINISHED
partOf Maluku Islands NERFINISHED
partOfArchipelago Maluku Islands NERFINISHED
timeOffsetUTC UTC+09:00
timeZone Eastern Indonesia Time NERFINISHED

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Kisar language hasAlternativeName Kisar Island
this entity surface form: Kisar
Kisar language hasGlottologName Kisar Island
this entity surface form: Kisar
Kisar language isSpokenOn Kisar Island
Kisar language spokenIn Kisar Island