Adang language

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Adang language is a Papuan language spoken by the Adang people on Alor Island in Indonesia’s Alor archipelago.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Papuan language
natural language
classificationStatus Papuan (non-Austronesian) NERFINISHED
continent Asia
country Indonesia
endangeredStatus vulnerable (reported)
glottologCode adan1254
glottologName Adang NERFINISHED
hasAlternativeName Adang-Reta NERFINISHED
Reta-Adang
hasDialect Adang
Reta
hasEthnicGroup Adang people NERFINISHED
hasMorphologicalFeature prefixing morphology (reported)
suffixing morphology (reported)
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive tone (reported)
rich consonant inventory (relative to region)
hasSyntacticFeature basic SOV word order (reported for Alor–Pantar)
ISO639-3 adn
isSpokenNear Abui language NERFINISHED
Blagar language NERFINISHED
Kabola language NERFINISHED
Klause language
languageContactWith Alor Malay NERFINISHED
Indonesian language
languageFamily Alor–Pantar languages NERFINISHED
Timor–Alor–Pantar languages NERFINISHED
Trans–New Guinea languages NERFINISHED
locatedOn northwestern Alor Island
macroArea Papunesia
neighboringLanguage Abui language NERFINISHED
Blagar language
Kabola language NERFINISHED
Teiwa language NERFINISHED
region East Nusa Tenggara NERFINISHED
Lesser Sunda Islands NERFINISHED
spokenBy Adang people NERFINISHED
spokenIn Alor Island NERFINISHED
Alor archipelago NERFINISHED
Indonesia
spokenOn Alor Island coastal areas (northwest)
usedFor daily communication within Adang communities
oral tradition
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

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Alor archipelago hasLanguage Adang language