Tambora people
E519501
The Tambora people were an indigenous ethnic group from the island of Sumbawa in Indonesia, whose language and culture were largely lost following the catastrophic 1815 eruption of Mount Tambora.
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | indigenous people ⓘ |
| associatedLanguageFamily | Austronesian languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Mount Tambora NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent | 1815 eruption of Mount Tambora ⓘ |
| continent | Asia ⓘ |
| country | Indonesia ⓘ |
| culturalInfluence | Austronesian culture ⓘ |
| cultureStatus | largely lost ⓘ |
| documentedBy |
Dutch colonial records
ⓘ
European explorers ⓘ |
| economicActivity |
agriculture
ⓘ
maritime trade ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Austronesian people ⓘ |
| ethnonymDerivedFrom | Mount Tambora NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fate | largely destroyed by 1815 eruption of Mount Tambora ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | lost civilization of Indonesia ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | example of culture lost to volcanic disaster ⓘ |
| impactOf1815Eruption |
disruption of culture
ⓘ
loss of language ⓘ loss of population ⓘ loss of settlements ⓘ |
| knownFrom |
archaeological evidence
ⓘ
linguistic reconstruction ⓘ |
| language | Tambora language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageStatus | extinct language ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Dutch East Indies
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lesser Sunda Islands ⓘ Maritime Southeast Asia NERFINISHED ⓘ Sumbawa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| modernLegacy |
oral traditions in Sumbawa region
ⓘ
toponyms around Mount Tambora ⓘ |
| neighboringGroup |
Bima people
ⓘ
Dompu people NERFINISHED ⓘ Sumbawa people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | population of Sumbawa ⓘ |
| populationTrend | near extinction after 1815 ⓘ |
| possibleLanguageBranch | Malayo-Polynesian languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | northwestern Sumbawa ⓘ |
| religion |
Islam
ⓘ
indigenous beliefs ⓘ |
| settlementPattern | coastal settlements ⓘ |
| studiedIn |
Austronesian linguistics
ⓘ
Indonesian archaeology ⓘ volcanology-related disaster studies ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
early 19th century
ⓘ
pre-1815 ⓘ |
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