Tereweng language

Tereweng
Native toIndonesia
RegionTereweng Island
EthnicityTereweng
Native speakers
1,100[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3twg
Glottologtere1277
Languages of the Alor Archipelago; Tereweng is shown in separate blue in the southern part.

Tereweng is an Alor–Pantar language spoken by the Tereweng people on Tereweng Island,[2] southeast of Pantar.[3] This language is especially closely related to Blagar, sometimes considered a dialect of it, or more distantly to Retta.[4]

The speakers number around 1,100, most of whom are multilingual, able to speak Alor Malay and Indonesian.[1] Its speakers are mostly Muslims, especially closely related to the Blagar people.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b "Tereweng language". globalrecordings.net. Global Recording. Retrieved 2025-12-30.
  2. ^ Dwi Putrohari, Rovicky; Simanjuntak, Truman; Sudoyo, Herawati; Lauder, Multamia R.M.T.; Lauder, Allan F.; Neonbasu, Pater Gregorius; Poelinggomang, Edward L.; Usmany, Dessy Polla; Yapsenang, Yudha; Kleden-Probonegoro, Ninuk (2015). "Potret Bahasa-bahasa Maluku Utara dan Representasi Melanesia". Diaspora Melanesia di Nusantara (in Indonesian). Jakarta: Direktorat Jenderal Kebudayaan, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan. p. 243. ISBN 978-602-1289-19-8. OCLC 1255403957.
  3. ^ Djawa, Alex; Sanga, Felysianus; Tans, Felix; Nai, Firmina A.; Pada, Hendrina (2019). "Pemetaan Bahasa di Pulau Alor". Jurnal Lazuardi (in Indonesian) (2nd ed.). Kupang: Nusa Cendana University. pp. 171–185. doi:10.53441/jl.Vol2.Iss2.6. ISSN 2685-1652.
  4. ^ Tereweng at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  5. ^ Gomang, Syarifuddin R. (2006). "Bijdragen tot de Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde/Journal of the Humanities and Social Sciences of Southeast Asia and Oceania". Muslim and Christian alliances: ‘Familial relationships’ between inland and coastal peoples of the Belagar community in eastern Indonesia (PDF). Vol. 162 (4). Leiden: Leiden University. pp. 468–489. doi:10.1163/22134379-90003663.
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