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Tanglapui languages

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Geographicdistribution
  
Alor Island

Glottolog
  
tang1352

Subdivisions
  
SawilaKula

Linguistic classification
  
Trans–New GuineaWest Trans–New Guinea?Alor–PantarAlorEastTanglapui

The Tanglapui languages are a pair of closely related Papuan languages, Sawila and Kula, spoken on the island of Alor, of the coast of Timor in Indonesia. They have only marginal mutual intelligibility, and are ethnically distinct. The name 'Tanglapui' is used for either language.

References

Tanglapui languages Wikipedia


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