Tambora language
E519502
The Tambora language was an extinct Papuan language once spoken on the island of Sumbawa in Indonesia, known primarily from limited historical records before being wiped out by the 1815 eruption of Mount Tambora.
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Papuan language
ⓘ
extinct language ⓘ language isolate ⓘ |
| alternativeName | Bahasa Tambora NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedPeople | Tambora people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedVolcano | Mount Tambora NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| attestationType |
limited historical records
ⓘ
word list ⓘ |
| classificationComment |
considered non-Malayo-Polynesian
ⓘ
not Austronesian ⓘ |
| country | Indonesia ⓘ |
| culturalRegion | eastern Indonesia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| documentationStatus | poorly attested ⓘ |
| extinctionCause | 1815 eruption of Mount Tambora ⓘ |
| extinctionDate | 19th century ⓘ |
| extinctionEvent | 1815 Tambora eruption NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| geographicDistribution | north coast of Sumbawa ⓘ |
| glottologStatus | has Glottolog entry ⓘ |
| historicalContext | community destroyed by 1815 eruption ⓘ |
| impactOfExtinction | loss of unique Papuan linguistic variety in Indonesia ⓘ |
| isoStatus | no ISO 639-3 code ⓘ |
| knownFrom |
colonial-era reports
ⓘ
early 19th-century word lists ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Papuan ⓘ |
| languageFamilyStatus | unclassified Papuan ⓘ |
| lexicalEvidence | shows Papuan-like features ⓘ |
| linguisticStatus | poorly understood ⓘ |
| name | Tambora NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| preContactStatus | indigenous language of Sumbawa prior to eruption ⓘ |
| primarySourceLanguageOfRecord |
Dutch
ⓘ
English ⓘ |
| reconstructionStatus | cannot be fully reconstructed ⓘ |
| region | Sumbawa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| researchTopic |
Papuan outliers in Indonesia
ⓘ
pre-Austronesian languages of eastern Indonesia ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Lesser Sunda Islands
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
western Nusa Tenggara NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenOn | island of Sumbawa ⓘ |
| status | extinct ⓘ |
| writingSystem | none ⓘ |
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