Kisar Island

E689061

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.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Kisar Island canonical 6
Kisar 4

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Statements (45)

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

Southwest Maluku Regency
southeastern Indonesia
locatedInBodyOfWater Banda Sea
near East Timor
linked to: Timor-Leste

Timor Island
linked to: Timor
partOf Maluku Islands
partOfArchipelago Maluku Islands
timeOffsetUTC UTC+09:00
timeZone Eastern Indonesia Time

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Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kisar language spokenIn Kisar Island
Kisar language isSpokenOn Kisar Island
Kisar language hasAlternativeName Kisar
linked to: Kisar Island
Kisar language hasGlottologName Kisar
linked to: Kisar Island
Kisar people locatedIn Kisar Island
Kisar people indigenousTo Kisar Island
Yotowawa spokenIn Kisar Island
Yotowawa hasAlternativeName Kisar
linked to: Kisar Island
Kisar-Yotowawa spokenIn Kisar Island
Kisar-Yotowawa hasAlternativeName Kisar
linked to: Kisar Island