Tanglapui languages
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The Tanglapui languages are a pair of closely related Papuan languages
,
spoken on the island of Alor
, of the coast of Timor in Indonesia
. They have only marginal mutual intelligibility
, and are ethnically distinct. The name 'Tanglapui' is used for either language.
Papuan languages
The Papuan languages are those languages of the western Pacific which are neither Austronesian nor Australian. The term does not presuppose a genetic relationship. The concept of Papuan peoples as distinct from Melanesians was first suggested and named by Sidney Herbert Ray in 1892.-The...
,
- SawilaSawila languageSawila, or Tanglapui, is a Papuan language of the Moluccas. Dialects are Sawila proper, Lona, Salimana, Lalamana, Sileba....
and KulaKula languageKula , or Lamtoka , is a Papuan language of the Moluccas. Dialects are Kula proper, Kulatela, Watena, Kula Watena, Iramang, Larena, Sumang, Arumaka....
,
spoken on the island of Alor
Alor
Alor is the largest island in the Alor Archipelago located at the eastern-most end of the Lesser Sunda Islands that runs through southern Indonesia, which from the west include such islands as Bali, Lombok, Sumbawa, Komodo, and Flores....
, of the coast of Timor in Indonesia
Indonesia
Indonesia , officially the Republic of Indonesia , is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia is an archipelago comprising approximately 13,000 islands. It has 33 provinces with over 238 million people, and is the world's fourth most populous country. Indonesia is a republic, with an...
. They have only marginal mutual intelligibility
Mutual intelligibility
In linguistics, mutual intelligibility is recognized as a relationship between languages or dialects in which speakers of different but related languages can readily understand each other without intentional study or extraordinary effort...
, and are ethnically distinct. The name 'Tanglapui' is used for either language.