Kamang language

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The Kamang language is a Papuan language spoken by communities on the Alor archipelago in eastern Indonesia.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Papuan language
natural language
alternateName Kamang
Woisika NERFINISHED
Woisika of Kamang NERFINISHED
Woisika-Kamang NERFINISHED
classificationStatus Papuan (non-Austronesian)
coexistsWith Alor Malay NERFINISHED
Indonesian language
continent Asia
country Indonesia
endangermentStatus vulnerable
geographicContext eastern Lesser Sunda Islands NERFINISHED
hasDialects Abui-Kamang contact varieties
Boru
Kamang Proper
hasDomain home and community domains
hasFeature complex pronominal system
contrastive tone (reported for some Alor-Pantar languages)
rich verbal morphology
hasLinguisticResearch descriptive grammar studies
phonological analysis
syntax studies
ISO639-3 woi
languageFamily Alor–Pantar languages NERFINISHED
Timor–Alor–Pantar languages NERFINISHED
Trans–New Guinea languages NERFINISHED
locatedNear Pantar Island NERFINISHED
Timor Sea NERFINISHED
morphologyType agglutinative language
region Alor Archipelago NERFINISHED
eastern Indonesia
shiftPressureFrom Alor Malay NERFINISHED
Indonesian language
spokenBy Kamang people NERFINISHED
Woisika ethnic group NERFINISHED
spokenByPopulation several thousand speakers (approximate)
spokenIn Alor Archipelago NERFINISHED
Alor Island NERFINISHED
East Nusa Tenggara NERFINISHED
Indonesia
subfamily Alor languages NERFINISHED
typology head-marking language
usedIn daily communication in Kamang villages
traditional oral literature
wordOrder SOV
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

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Alor archipelago hasLanguage Kamang language