Timor–Alor–Pantar area

E651091

geographical region linguistic area

The Timor–Alor–Pantar area is a linguistically diverse region in eastern Indonesia and Timor-Leste known for its complex mix of Papuan and Austronesian languages and significant language contact.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Kupang area	1
Timor-Alor-Pantar area	1

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	geographical region ⓘ linguistic area ⓘ
borderedBy	Banda Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ Timor Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ
characterizedBy	high linguistic diversity ⓘ
hasCountry	Indonesia NERFINISHED ⓘ Timor-Leste NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasDominantContactLanguage	Indonesian ⓘ Tetum NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasFeature	language endangerment ⓘ lexical borrowing across language families ⓘ multilingualism ⓘ small-scale speech communities ⓘ structural convergence between Papuan and Austronesian languages ⓘ
hasLanguageFamily	Austronesian languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Papuan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Timor–Alor–Pantar languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasLanguageGroup	Alor–Pantar languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Central Timor languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Southwest Maluku languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasResearchFocus	areal linguistics ⓘ historical linguistics ⓘ language contact ⓘ language typology ⓘ
hasSocioLinguisticFeature	intermarriage across language groups ⓘ language shift toward national languages ⓘ village-level language variation ⓘ
hasSubregion	East Nusa Tenggara NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasTimePeriodOfIntensiveStudy	early 21st century ⓘ late 20th century ⓘ
hasTypologicalInterest	alignment systems in Papuan languages ⓘ complex verb morphology in Papuan languages ⓘ phonological influence from Austronesian languages ⓘ word order variation ⓘ
includes	Alor Island NERFINISHED ⓘ Pantar Island NERFINISHED ⓘ Timor Island NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor	complex mix of Papuan and Austronesian languages ⓘ intense language contact ⓘ
locatedIn	Southeast Asia ⓘ Timor-Leste NERFINISHED ⓘ eastern Indonesia NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Lesser Sunda Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ
studiedBy	linguists ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

CMP languages → geographicExtent → Timor–Alor–Pantar area ⓘ

this entity surface form: Timor-Alor-Pantar area

Mambae language → hasLinguisticArea → Timor–Alor–Pantar area ⓘ

Helong language → region → Timor–Alor–Pantar area ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kupang area