Austronesian language spoken in Indonesia
Tarangan |
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Native to | Indonesia |
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Region | Aru Islands |
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Native speakers | 14,000 (2011)[1] |
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ISO 639-3 | Either:
tre – East Tarangan
txn – West Tarangan |
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Glottolog | east2465 East
west2538 West |
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Tarangan is one of the Aru languages, spoken by inhabitants of the Aru Islands in eastern Indonesia. There are two varieties of Tarangan: East and West Tarangan. These varieties are divergent, perhaps no closer than they are to Manombai, also spoken in the Arus. West Tarangan is a trade language of the southern islands.[2]
Phonology
The following is the description for West Tarangan:[3]
Consonants
- /k/ can occur as a glottal [ʔ] intervocalically between two non-high vowels.[3]
- /ɸ/ is heard as a stop [p] syllable-final position.[3]
- /w j/ are heard as voiced stops [ɡ dʒ] in word-initial position and within a stressed noninitial syllable onset.[3]
Vowels
- /a i/ in unstressed positions are heard as [ə ɪ].[3]
- Sounds /e o/ are phonetically [e̝ o̝].[3]
References
- ^ East Tarangan at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
West Tarangan at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required) - ^ Hughes, Jock (1987). "The languages of Kei, Tanimbar and Aru: Lexicostatistic classification" (PDF). In Soenjono Dardjowidjojo (ed.). Miscellaneous studies of Indonesian and other languages in Indonesia, part 9. NUSA 27. Jakarta: Universitas Katolik Indonesia Atma Jaya. pp. 71–111.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Nivens, Richard (1992). "A Lexical Phonology of West Tarangan". Phonological Studies in Four Languages of Maluku. Summer Institute of Linguistics and the University of Texas at Arlington.
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Javanese | |
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Madurese | |
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South Sulawesi | |
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Oceanic | Admiralty | |
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Southeast Solomonic | Gela–Guadalcanal | |
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Western Oceanic | Meso– Melanesian | Willaumez | |
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Bali-Vitu | |
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New Ireland– Northwest Solomonic | Tungag–Nalik | |
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Tabar | |
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Madak | |
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Papuan Tip | Nuclear | |
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Southern Oceanic | North Vanuatu | |
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Nuclear Southern Oceanic | Central Vanuatu | |
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Loyalties– New Caledonia | Loyalty Islands | |
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